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"She and her mother overpowered the intruder, a man in his 30s, in a physical struggle, resulting in his arrest," the investigator said.

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The second act is where the relationship between Hildegard and Richardis blossoms and with it, musically, the arrival of rapture and onset of an ecstasy more overpowering than Godly visions.

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Kurashov and the rest of his unit were later overpowered by Ukrainian forces and taken as prisoners of war.

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He was in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, overpowering the Dodgers on the sport’s grandest stage to propel the Blue Jays to within one win of their first championship in 32 years.

Like the pachinko game that serves as title and metaphor for the series and the Min Jin Lee book on which it is based, action and reaction overpower whatever plans we might make.

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