overwhelm
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They also showed lower indicators of oxidative stress, a process in which harmful molecules called reactive oxygen species overwhelm the body's protective defenses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
“It’s not necessarily weakening demand for AI computing. But, in my mind, it’s a growing concern that CoreWeave’s enormous borrowing requirements could overwhelm its ability to generate cash and refinance debt at reasonable rates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“It was flood the zone. It was trying to overwhelm with speed and volume, and we kept pace every time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
As a result, the complaint says, instead of snow in the winter, Boulder gets more “high-intensity, short-duration rainfall events” that overwhelm its drainage systems and cause flooding.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Once it was gone, all the suffering had risen up to overwhelm her.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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“That overwhelms every other value proposition that you will have on the power block.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Even here in the relative safety of Annapolis, Maryland, an advancing armada of amped-up college kids overwhelms me.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Ferroptosis occurs when iron-driven damage to cell membranes overwhelms a cell's antioxidant defenses.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
The cost of setting up a processing system to recover these byproducts often overwhelms their market, so domestic production likely won’t get off the ground without government support.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
The excited rhythm of Alberti’s “Fiesta” overwhelms the pulsing throb of my headache.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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The enduring influence of the tragedy has since overwhelmed other narratives about Medea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
First-time visitors to Paris can easily be overwhelmed by how much there is to take in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
The GSF is being slowly deployed to assist overwhelmed local police.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
His main role, he insists, is that of supportive, and sometimes overwhelmed co-parent and husband.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Every sense Akira had was overwhelmed by the stuff.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Simmering and subtly cumulative, the movie is full of overwhelming anguish, buried beneath a masculine stoicism forever threatening to come undone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The results help explain how a process involving an overwhelming number of possible molecular arrangements can consistently produce the correct structure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Watching someone insist on their version of reality in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary evokes all manner of emotions: disgust, anger, disbelief, admiration and, of course, doubt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"It is overwhelming for Mark here with his family, friends and all the fans who have paid good money to see him play," said Brown.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Even after White detailed the overwhelming evidence against him, Hale seemed unperturbed, as if he still held the upper hand.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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