overpower

Its hunting behavior could have resembled that of modern anacondas and large pythons, which can overpower prey through constriction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster," Netanyahu wrote on X.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a Fox News interview, Netanyahu also praised an Israeli passenger who helped overpower the attacker, identifying him only as Yanik and describing him as a plumber.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Conductor Kelly Kuo captured the opera’s pacing but sometimes let the orchestra overpower the singers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

If Dasch were to follow the captain of the U-boat's orders and overpower the coast guardsman, he would have to lure him to the dinghy.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

This is one of many plot twists and switchbacks, the most dramatic of which ends with a final showdown in which an exquisitely fragile object overpowers firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

It has spread extensively across the north-west Highlands where it often overpowers native species.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

The key is striking a balance: too spicy and it overpowers the meat; too sweet and it risks hardening into a candy shell.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Hana calls this state — where supreme concentration overpowers distraction — the freshman’s “competitive edge.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

I wondered, How long will it be before the people’s fear of hunger overpowers their fear of my teacher?

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

But the world number 14 overpowered his loftier opponent with a barrage of 180s, hitting 11 maximums, compared to Welshman Price's five, to finish a deserved winner.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

There have been “years where I feel completely overpowered to the point where I’m not motivated to take part,” said Murillo, who didn’t vote in 2024 but plans to do so in November.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

But market jitters over sky-high AI spending without a path to good returns overpowered the company’s better-than-forecast financial performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Were those chuckles overpowered by groans and eye rolls?

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

The rush of the splendor drowned the rest of the words as it overtook her, overpowered her.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“Record output and the storage overhang are simply overpowering whatever residual weather-driven power burn is still left in the late-summer schedule,” Phil Flynn of Price Futures Group says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s both salty and sweet, without feeling overpowering on either end of the flavor scale.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

When Roberts-Smith came home from Afghanistan in 2013, he was considered a national hero, having been awarded Australia's highest military honour for single-handedly overpowering Taliban fighters attacking his SAS platoon.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

In Michigan’s overpowering run in this tournament, Mara was everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

He could smell Horse’s unwashed breeches, the sweet scent Satin combed into his beard, the rank sharp smell of fear, the giant’s overpowering musk.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin