overwhelming
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More than 80% of its members believe staffing levels are insufficient to meet patient needs, while many have seen colleagues leave the NHS because workloads have become increasingly overwhelming, it said.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
In seeking the injunction, Bonta’s office argues that Amazon threatens “dire consequences if vendors do not comply. Vendors, cowed by Amazon’s overwhelming bargaining leverage and fearing punishment, comply,” according to the filing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
“It can feel overwhelming to contemplate all the messiness,” Ms. Khamsi acknowledges.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
"The overwhelming majority of eclipsing binaries are tight binaries and are precisely the systems around which we most expect to find transiting circumbinary planets."
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
Another thought creeps into my mind, so overwhelming I can barely hold it.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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