overwhelm
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Packing too many circuits into one cell can also overwhelm its protein production machinery.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The surge in government bond yields that has alarmed investors may reverse itself has cyclical forces overwhelm fears over the sustainability of debt, one strategist argues on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
“Macro conditions, liquidity and positioning can overwhelm fundamentals, and bitcoin could fall well below current levels without invalidating its longer-term investment case,” said Silenskyte.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The hollowness inside Cas threated to overwhelm her.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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
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
Rates may rise even in recession this time, because the supply of Treasury debt overwhelms demand at current yields.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
My chest constricts as a wave of homesickness overwhelms me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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
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
Coroner Rachel Knight said the pathology department where a mass from Sarah's ovary had been sent for testing was at the time "completely overwhelmed by demand" following the Covid-19 pandemic.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s Tamagotchi for the burned out and overwhelmed.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Her sadness, her grief over her lost children, overwhelmed her.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
"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
"The support has been overwhelming, and it's been comforting," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
They’re still part of the continuing battle to stop bots from posting spam, overwhelming websites and scraping content without permission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Rams are an overwhelming favorite to win Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The density of threads rising from the assembled army was almost overwhelming, and Anya gaped at them.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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