overpower
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He has been hailed a hero for opening the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower the attacker.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The team believes giant prey animals may have triggered an "evolutionary arms race" in which predators evolved stronger jaws and skulls to overpower increasingly massive herbivores.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
One of President Donald Trump's favorite metaphors is that he's got the cards -- that through the might of the United States and his own acumen he can overpower any adversary.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Caine said the Iranian military is adapting to the U.S. strategy, but remains confident in Washington’s ability to overpower Tehran.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
JB wouldn’t have planned to overpower Mr. Hodge and Gary all by himself.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
It has spread extensively across the north-west Highlands where it often overpowers native species.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The key is striking a balance: too spicy and it overpowers the meat; too sweet and it risks hardening into a candy shell.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
“I still think about everything that could happen. I just love the game so much that it overpowers it.”
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
He has four pitches, but his mid-90s fastball overpowers high school hitters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
“I think it overpowers you. It’s just kind of loud.”
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and retook control of the Flydubai aircraft, landing it safely at an airport in Tabuk, northwestern Saudi Arabia, with more than 170 people on board.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Were those chuckles overpowered by groans and eye rolls?
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Flooding allowed the fish to escape into the Mississippi Basin, and to reproduce at rates that have overpowered native species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Japan Society presented avant-garde, multidisciplinary Japanese dancer Hiroaki Umeda’s dazzling multimedia “assimilating,” a display that well overpowered the Met’s attempts at video and movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
The words had, once again, overtaken her; they overpowered her throat, and tumbled out.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
They were overpowering their opponents, exemplified by Tevaga being unstoppable from close to the posts for their third try.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
It’s both salty and sweet, without feeling overpowering on either end of the flavor scale.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
If it doesn’t quite know what to do with the overpowering, Zurg-like menace of technology taking over life on this planet, nobody else does either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
When Roberts-Smith came home from Afghanistan in 2013, he was considered a national hero, having been awarded Australia's highest military honour for single-handedly overpowering Taliban fighters attacking his SAS platoon.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
The rank smell that came from his body was almost overpowering.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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