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Mr. Douglas does not write with bitterness about his father’s volte-face, but neither does he overflow with mercy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

We wore KN95 masks—a modern version of the plague doctor beaks—and hid in our houses, and saw our hospitals overflow, and couldn’t be with our loved ones when they died.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warned of low pressure across eastern, northeastern and central Thailand until Sunday, saying there was a risk of flash floods, forest runoff, mudslides, and river overflow.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The barrier lake, which formed at the confluence of the Chhochen Khola and Purepu Tsangpo rivers, has already started to overflow, according to China's Ministry of Water Resources.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Evac centers are at capacity—people are to go straight to overflow facilities, blah blah blah.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

"Which is why we're investing £11m at our storm overflows to reduce spills to fewer than 20 a year by 2030," it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Combined sewer overflows are designed as pressure-relief points on sewer networks which carry both wastewater and rainwater.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The gag-filled comedy overflows with wackiness, as is customary for “Looney Tunes,” but also, and perhaps less expectedly, poignancy galore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

Looking down at him on the floor, how he overflows the rug, I think about that story where a giant falls asleep and is tied up by little people.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

And in the neighbouring Kocaeli province, a stream overflowed in Gebze district, sweeping away a driver who was later rescued by emergency workers with ropes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mail-order catalogs such as the midcentury Sears, Roebuck Christmas edition overflowed with evocative shades—winterberry, burnished beige, rico green—meant to conjure a feeling as much as a hue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Water gathered in low-lying valleys and river channels, overflowed crater rims, and rushed through canyons.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025

The boy’s wide eyes stared in excitement at his hands, which quickly overflowed with presents, about eight just for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

The house regularly overflowed with guests, including Miele’s former wife and her husband.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

Four days after launching Sputnik into orbit, Radio Moscow announced the addition of one more city to its timetable of destinations that would be overflown by their satellite: Little Rock, Arkansas.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Your ballot is overflowing with decisions you need to make.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

I’m not even getting married until 2028, but my Pinterest board is already overflowing with inspo photos of dresses and decor.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

It has a bridal shop overflowing with sparkly gowns and a coffee shop serving up lattes with Chinese symbols for happiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

With mortuaries overflowing, Nepal has buried hundreds of bodies in mass graves, after taking DNA samples for future identification, according to the police.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Below him sat Mrs. Cranston, overflowing a gilt chair.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck