overload
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They emerge when effort gradually increases—when endurance, strength or skill expand over time in what is called progressive overload.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Somewhere along the way, we stopped asking whether the system was working and started asking how much we could overload it.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
The result is a raucous, interactive, sensory overload.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In the case of flight EJU7008 it appears the estimated weight was not sufficient to prevent overload.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
“The other men”—he pointed to the older soldiers— “will carry spare boxes of ammunition, so do not overload yourselves. Now relax, we will be on our way in a few minutes.”
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Vocabulary lists containing overload
The House of Hades
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When I Was the Greatest
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: over-
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