overwhelm
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As glucose and sorbitol intake climbs, even people who carry beneficial sorbitol-degrading bacteria may eventually overwhelm those microbes' ability to keep up.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Shield adds that you don't want to overwhelm your child with information about school, but get them to a point where it feels "familiar"
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The public-relations crisis is starting to overwhelm the tech giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
While it remains to be seen whether the repurchase plan can bolster confidence in the sector over a longer stretch, there are broader forces at work in markets right now that may overwhelm stock-specific ones.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
He had something in reserve, some ingenious product of his counselor’s wits that would overwhelm their scheme.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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But one way stocks can slow is when new issuance overwhelms investors, as supply outstrips demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even here in the relative safety of Annapolis, Maryland, an advancing armada of amped-up college kids overwhelms me.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
That sparks fears of a capital squeeze, whereby sheer supply overwhelms available buyer cash.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
But both he and Balda know how much medicine the audience can handle in their fluff before the bitterness overwhelms the sweet.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
“Your charm overwhelms me,” I say in my driest voice.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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I was intrigued and overwhelmed as I tried to make sense of the multiple cities that somehow existed within L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
However, she noted that the pathology department was "completely overwhelmed by demand" due to pre and post-Covid factors including staffing and a huge backlog.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s Tamagotchi for the burned out and overwhelmed.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Don't have these conversations when you're feeling angry or overwhelmed, says Wallace, or it can feel like the other person is being "blamed or criticised"
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Scoob closes his eyes and takes one of the deep breaths Drake sometimes has to take when there’s too much going on and he gets overwhelmed.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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"A key finding is that global warming and human emissions are now overwhelming the Pacific's natural influence on the Indian Ocean," Ummenhofer said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
And even the people who love me can get aggravated by all the ways I’m impulsive, bossy, overwhelming and judgmental.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
However, FDA officials said the false positive did not change the course of the outbreak investigation, “or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the ... voluntary recall by Taylor Farms.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
"The support has been overwhelming, and it's been comforting," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Even after White detailed the overwhelming evidence against him, Hale seemed unperturbed, as if he still held the upper hand.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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