swamped

Example Sentences

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As a result, the city has been swamped with a mounting backlog of streetlight repairs — more than 33,000.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

After its chaotic first day, Chai Pani was a huge success, surviving the financial collapse, the Covid-19 pandemic and a catastrophic flood that swamped the area after Hurricane Helene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Purists would celebrate those productivity gains, but their economic benefit would be quickly swamped by the negative implications of having entire companies go out of business in droves and surging unemployment.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

"You know they come in waves and you think you're doing alright and then you're hit by another one and you're swamped," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

As a consequence the troopers were swamped with calls from people claiming to know the hiker's identity, so they were even less receptive to Westerberg than they had been to Gallien.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer