overcrowded
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Mohammed Annour spent much of his youth living in a flimsy shelter in a dusty, overcrowded refugee camp in east Africa, where the days were long, the food was poor and the future nonexistent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Couvy said France lacked enough prosecutors and judges to handle the cases, while overcrowded prisons limited the courts’ ability to impose custodial sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Piling dumpsters, bins and barriers in front of their schools, or carrying often humorous signs at protests, pupils have complained about absent teachers, overloaded timetables, overcrowded classes and dilapidated classrooms, among other grievances.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
She added: "They are already in really tough conditions in there because it is so overcrowded."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The ship is not overcrowded, and we don’t suffer from the seasickness and fear we experienced on the way to Naples.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing overcrowded
over (above, too much)
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: over-
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