overfilled

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Fire service group manager David Diggins told the BBC there had been "a mixture of some chemicals within the systems" of the pool, which had been overfilled.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

But after the visit, they would “go right back to overfilled pods and lack of staff and equipment to handle the situation.”

From Washington Times • May 5, 2023

“Our emergency departments are overfilled and we have patients in every bed. Now an ominous question looms: Will you be able to get care from your local community hospital without delay? Today, that is uncertain.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

It’s the one room in this otherwise impeccably hung exhibition that feels overfilled.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

“We’re staying put,” Pearl told him, and Moody felt suddenly, giddily buoyant, like an overfilled balloon.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng