surfeit
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“What happened to the peace dividend?” economist Augusto Lopez-Claros asked last year, referring to the supposed surfeit of funds that was to flow after the end of the Cold War.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Any study of wars, poverty and other manmade crises shows us that humanity still suffers from a lack of empathy, not a surfeit.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025
The surfeit of description can scarcely conceal the deficit of insight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
In fact, the reviewer found Whale "the liveliest natural new personality to turn up on TV for ages", saying he possessed "a surfeit of punch and charisma".
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
“I didn’t mean that,” said Harry, whose brain felt sluggish with exhaustion and from the surfeit of food and wine.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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