overcrowded
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"Overcrowded prisons are leading to dangerous conditions for staff and contributing to high levels of reoffending."
From BBC • May 22, 2025
Overcrowded environments, poor living conditions, economic insecurity, malnutrition, and limited health care infrastructure all, in some form or other, contribute to the spread of TB and other diseases.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024
Overcrowded by decades of fire suppression, dried out by drought and weakened by beetle infestations, forests now burn rapidly and so intensely that their natural ability to regenerate is vastly diminished.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
Overcrowded refugee camps in Greece and the increasing difficulty to join family in Western and Northern Europe have also led more people to pay smugglers thousands of euros to get straight to Italy instead.
From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2023
"Overcrowded and disorderly" as it may seem, "if heroic emotion and thought and enthusiasm vitalize it," the poet has reached his goal.
From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John
Vocabulary lists containing overcrowded
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: over-
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over (above, too much)
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