overload
Example Sentences
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This gave Spurs an overload against Villa's front two again, this time higher up the pitch.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Somewhere along the way, we stopped asking whether the system was working and started asking how much we could overload it.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
The result is a raucous, interactive, sensory overload.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“Over time this can lead to cognitive overload, burnout, poorer decision-making and declining work quality, even if workers appear more productive in the short run.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
In the locker room the coach was talking about how we had to overload one side of their zone and block off the defense when we swung it to that side.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing overload
The House of Hades
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When I Was the Greatest
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: over-
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