overwhelmed

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These higher-order effects are much harder to achieve because they are naturally very weak and quickly become overwhelmed by noise.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

“I’m overwhelmed and so angry that I can’t even explain it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In Florida, a viral video shows a woman, overwhelmed with emotion, pleading with an immigration judge to free her terminally ill father from ICE detention.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Ahead of a show in Birmingham, he told BBC News he did not know what to expect from British audiences but had been overwhelmed by their enthusiasm.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

All that was clear was that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis