overwhelm

The flooding was extraordinary, and scientists said they show how the approaching Tropical Storm Rachel, along with high tides, a record-hot ocean and El Niño-fueled waves, can overwhelm coastal areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 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

He said heavy rain could overwhelm drainage systems and penetrate walls, causing damp and erosion, while repeated cycles of wetting, drying, freezing and thawing could harm stonework.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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

And that is why the great challenge for our time will be to absorb these changes in ways that do not overwhelm people or leave them behind.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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

That sparks fears of a capital squeeze, whereby sheer supply overwhelms available buyer cash.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

The Sagrada Família overwhelms her with emotion whenever she visits, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

I am so happy to see her, but the relief at her words overwhelms me.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

When questioned Thursday by conservative media outlet Real America's Voice, Zacharia said she had registered to take the bar exam but was then "distracted and overwhelmed" by plans to move with her husband to China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Feeling overwhelmed by stress or struggling to adjust when things go wrong?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

If doing some work on Sunday will relieve you of feeling behind or overwhelmed on Monday, it’s OK, just set guardrails, said Kia-Rai Prewitt, a psychiatrist with Cleveland Clinic’s Behavioral Health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Even without two of their three top players, the Lakers overwhelmed the Kings, who are expected to be among the worst teams in the Western Conference again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to Seale, the Hermitage servants, accustomed to simpler farm life, were overwhelmed when thousands of people descended on the White House to celebrate Jackson’s inauguration.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Fiona Morris, who has ADHD, said she had often found large supermarkets overwhelming.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

"The overwhelming majority of Taiwanese compatriots do not want war; they wish to live their lives in peace and hope for peaceful cross-strait exchanges," Han said at the National Day event.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The response was overwhelming, but it didn’t work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

If I think back to it now, it’s very overwhelming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The small patch of land in the monastery garden produced an overwhelming volume of data to analyze—twenty-eight thousand plants, forty thousand flowers, and nearly four hundred thousand seeds.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee