overwhelm
Example Sentences
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As a result, these insects can tolerate higher levels of cold-related stress and continue functioning in conditions that would overwhelm most species.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Coordinated attacks via networks of hijacked devices, used to overwhelm systems, also more than doubled in 2025 and are becoming more common thanks to services available for hire.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
In that time, we had the team where you had that momentum and we'd just dominate teams for 10-15-minute spells where the speed we put into the game was ridiculous and we could overwhelm teams.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
And while the flood of lawsuits has the potential to overwhelm the court, longtime trade lawyers said the court does actually have a pretty good road map of how to pull it off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
But the fetterlings soon recovered and began to overwhelm him.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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