overwhelm
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Packing too many circuits into one cell can also overwhelm its protein production machinery.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The surge in government bond yields that has alarmed investors may reverse itself has cyclical forces overwhelm fears over the sustainability of debt, one strategist argues on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Shield adds that you don't want to overwhelm your child with information about school, but get them to a point where it feels "familiar"
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Macro conditions, liquidity and positioning can overwhelm fundamentals, and bitcoin could fall well below current levels without invalidating its longer-term investment case,” said Silenskyte.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Don’t overwhelm the girl. She'll learn as she goes.”
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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For a reader he is like a guest who overwhelms and exhausts, but who is then invited back for the sheer enjoyment of his absorbing tales, striking insights and charm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
“The unexpected overwhelms you,” said McDonnel, who said her obligations for her parents vary daily and weekly.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
But both he and Balda know how much medicine the audience can handle in their fluff before the bitterness overwhelms the sweet.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
At the same time, it seems to be more of a reading for the circus as a whole than for Celia in particular, but it is so emotional that it overwhelms the details.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The regime also could be overwhelmed by its internal enemies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Coroner Rachel Knight said the pathology department where a mass from Sarah's ovary had been sent for testing was at the time "completely overwhelmed by demand" following the Covid-19 pandemic.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
As more cats arrive at overwhelmed shelters — from the streets or surrendered by owners in crisis — some shelters resort to euthanasia: a practice that’s on the rise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The attack overwhelmed maintainers of an online service for coders, called RubyGems, and forced them to shut down new account registrations as they dealt with the chaos it had caused, operators of the service said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“So this is what it was all about, a new constellation—new life in the universe,” I whispered, overwhelmed by the magic my sisters and I had helped the goddess create.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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The overwhelming majority—80 percent—of the recipients of this federal childcare credit are single parents, and the overwhelming majority of them are single mothers.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
"A key finding is that global warming and human emissions are now overwhelming the Pacific's natural influence on the Indian Ocean," Ummenhofer said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
However, FDA officials said the false positive did not change the course of the outbreak investigation, “or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the ... voluntary recall by Taylor Farms.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Retired three-weight undisputed champion Terence Crawford was among those watching as Benn bowed to the crowd, receiving a few boos but no overwhelming reaction either way.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
She was out there every day, yelling into the storm, no matter how big and overwhelming it was.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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