swamped
Example Sentences
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Attorneys are swamped with threats against public figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The emergence of new fiscal concerns abroad has also revived perennial anxieties that the world is becoming swamped with bonds—thanks in large part to massive borrowing by the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
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
However, one thing United's powerbrokers were certain about was that he would not be swamped by the sheer scale of what he was taking on.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
But there were days when the wind ripped up the surface of Lake Washington so badly that nobody could row on it without being swamped.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
