swamped

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Swamped by its larger rivals, Lechters went out of business in 2001.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022

Swamped by refugees, Colombia and Brazil, along with Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Panama, concluded that something had to be done to stem the implosion.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2019

His painting of someone slumped in a canoe, entitled "Swamped", sold last year at Christie's for $25.9m.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2016

Swamped with feedback, the regulator used custom-built programs to sift out the original replies.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2016

Swamped in thought of Frederick, she appeared to have lived in San Salvatore blindly, and more than half the time had gone, and what had been the good of it?

From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth