overflow
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He looked at more than 350 storm overflow outlets in England and whether there had been heavy rain when they were spilling sewage.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Extreme weather has already wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, with storms leaving at least 39 dead and causing dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
To handle the extra volume, engineers send surplus water down 5 Shaft into the deep pool below, much like an overflow spillway helps relieve pressure at a full reservoir.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
If the best fleets can generate their own demand in dense markets, Uber’s aggregation value shrinks to secondary cities and overflow capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Both Ann and C.P. always brought with them a phalanx of supporters, creating an overflow crowd.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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
Any cost overflows would be paid for by DWP customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Retrofitting the warehouse for immigration detention would create construction sediment that would run into nearby waterways, Maryland’s lawsuit argued, and housing hundreds of people there would strain the water supply and create sewage overflows.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
Nationally, between 23,000 and 75,000 overflows release 3 billion to 10 billion gallons of sewage a year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
She’s talking to a woman who has a tall, black rolling cart next to her that overflows with bags of laundry.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
Early “Twin Peaks” message boards overflowed with theories from fans about the show’s cast of weirdos and its fathoms-deep lore—a form of viewer speculation that would later spread even more widely on social-media platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
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
Residents in the Grange Park estate in Loughborough say they were forced to dig their own flood defences when a privately owned pond that was meant to protect their homes overflowed.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
“Ten to one, it’s Charlie’s friends.”Audrey poured the root beer too quickly and it overflowed.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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
Customers are overflowing the gym’s official group chats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It’s backed by a mission-style silhouette tiled with an urn overflowing with foliage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Hold back a little of the white if necessary to prevent it from overflowing.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Gul Khan came by to collect their orders, and within minutes their table was overflowing with hot fragrant food.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
