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We wore KN95 masks—a modern version of the plague doctor beaks—and hid in our houses, and saw our hospitals overflow, and couldn’t be with our loved ones when they died.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

During Saturday's Mass in Paris, the Pope told worshippers that Catholics should not keep their faith to themselves but "let it overflow so that those you meet may be refreshed".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warned of low pressure across eastern, northeastern and central Thailand until Sunday, saying there was a risk of flash floods, forest runoff, mudslides, and river overflow.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

They think that Australia could accommodate part of this demand overflow, pointing to its data sovereignty requirements and renewables-assisted capability to power the centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Since there are over six hundred students in the school, the overflow has to sit on folding chairs in the orchestra pit.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

"Which is why we're investing £11m at our storm overflows to reduce spills to fewer than 20 a year by 2030," it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The gag-filled comedy overflows with wackiness, as is customary for “Looney Tunes,” but also, and perhaps less expectedly, poignancy galore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Because I’m a stranger who people regularly turn to for financial help, my inbox typically overflows with general questions like the one above.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

It doesn’t take much for my inbox to fill up, but when the topic is hotel pet peeves it overflows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

I look away, pumping the soap until it overflows in my hand.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Although recovery efforts were under way in parts of the city, some outlying areas remained at risk as a nearby river overflowed, forcing another 500 people to evacuate on Thursday morning.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

Water gathered in low-lying valleys and river channels, overflowed crater rims, and rushed through canyons.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025

The boy’s wide eyes stared in excitement at his hands, which quickly overflowed with presents, about eight just for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

Carolyn Owens, who still fixes herself peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches, was safe when the Tug Fork River overflowed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature that the worldly-minded teach us to look for only in the imagination.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

The victims died on Sunday and Monday in Minas Gerais state, where rivers have overflown, leaving towns partially submerged.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2022

Its military this month deployed tanks to the Tajik border with Afghanistan and has overflown the region with ground-attack jets, ostensibly on training exercises.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

"That island was overflown by a plane catapulted from the USS Colorado a few days after she went missing. The pilot didn't see any recent activity."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2019

According to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency, several Israeli bulldozers entered the southern Gaza Strip early on Thursday overflown by drones, which would fit with the timeframe described by the Israeli military.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2016

Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

A garden hose had been overflowing the pool above the hillside for an “unknown amount of time” when it caused the flooding and subsequent collapse, according to the Fire Department’s 5 p.m. update.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

With morgues overflowing, some 1,030 bodies have been buried in mass graves after taking DNA samples for future identification, Nepal Police said on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

"If someone's not helping you remove those pots and pans, your water's overflowing by the end of the day," she says, "and you're at tipping point."

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

This is roughly equivalent to stopping an overflowing bathtub by shutting off the water to the entire apartment building because you cannot get to the faucet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The miller’s eyes were now overflowing with an insatiable greed.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff