overwhelm

TOKYO—Hackers used an artificial-intelligence tool made by a Chinese engineer to target companies in Japan, according to cybersecurity researchers, adding to a wave of breaches that highlight how AI-powered attacks can overwhelm cyber defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

As a result, the complaint says, instead of snow in the winter, Boulder gets more “high-intensity, short-duration rainfall events” that overwhelm its drainage systems and cause flooding.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Storms can overwhelm the aging facility, which suffered an equipment breakdown in 2021 that led to 17 million gallons of raw sewage gushing into the Santa Monica Bay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even extremely small vibrations or pointing errors could allow unwanted starlight to leak into an image and overwhelm the much dimmer planets scientists hope to detect.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It serves only to overwhelm the physician still further.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Repeated ashfall blocks roads, overwhelms drainage systems and damages roofs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

For a reader he is like a guest who overwhelms and exhausts, but who is then invited back for the sheer enjoyment of his absorbing tales, striking insights and charm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

Rates may rise even in recession this time, because the supply of Treasury debt overwhelms demand at current yields.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

The excited rhythm of Alberti’s “Fiesta” overwhelms the pulsing throb of my headache.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

I walked into Farm Rio for the first time, overwhelmed by a sense of kinship and the uncertainty of whether I belonged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Like Fielder’s subjects in “The Rehearsal,” I sometimes prepare for complex social situations, because I don’t improvise well when I’m overwhelmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

In Grace's case, loud noises can upset her heavily, effectively triggering what is often called a sensory overload - where a person becomes overwhelmed as a result.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

You sound overwhelmed by practical, existential, moral and medical dilemmas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

“She’s so overwhelmed with gratitude! And so excited to start a new life as a wife and mother!”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

The resulting fear can feel immediate and overwhelming, even when the person is objectively safe.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

For a Rams team that began the season as an overwhelming favorite to win Super Bowl LXI, it has turned into a season of firsts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The crowd appeared to be roughly evenly divided between Anglos and Hispanics in an area where Hispanics make up an overwhelming majority of population.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

It has always denied these allegations, as it still does despite overwhelming evidence.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

I fight the overwhelming urge to take everything out and repack it.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell