overpower

He has been hailed a hero for opening the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower the attacker.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Conductor Kelly Kuo captured the opera’s pacing but sometimes let the orchestra overpower the singers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

He wanted to include his friends in the world of “Omakase” without letting the feature list overpower the project’s mystique.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

The team believes giant prey animals may have triggered an "evolutionary arms race" in which predators evolved stronger jaws and skulls to overpower increasingly massive herbivores.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

He was still attempting to fend off the flu-like symptoms of malaria that had been trying to overpower him since the first two canoes were smashed.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

It has spread extensively across the north-west Highlands where it often overpowers native species.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

This superhuman strength reminds me of the moment Miss Pross, an average woman at best, overpowers the vicious and bitter Madame Defarge in Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.”

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025

“I still think about everything that could happen. I just love the game so much that it overpowers it.”

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

The fresh, buttery flavor of the coconut milk enhances rather than overpowers the other flavors for a dish with a luscious texture and floral fragrance.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

“The company of officers absolutely overpowers us, you see: we find a little of it goes an awfully long way.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But the world number 14 overpowered his loftier opponent with a barrage of 180s, hitting 11 maximums, compared to Welshman Price's five, to finish a deserved winner.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

There have been “years where I feel completely overpowered to the point where I’m not motivated to take part,” said Murillo, who didn’t vote in 2024 but plans to do so in November.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

England failed to repeat their performance that overpowered Croatia in their first World Cup game as they were held to a draw by a resolute Ghana at Boston Stadium.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Were those chuckles overpowered by groans and eye rolls?

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Yet the exhaustion in his head overpowered it all.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

“Record output and the storage overhang are simply overpowering whatever residual weather-driven power burn is still left in the late-summer schedule,” Phil Flynn of Price Futures Group says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s both salty and sweet, without feeling overpowering on either end of the flavor scale.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Dustin Dunwoody, Royal: Armed with an overpowering fastball, Dunwoody is 7-0, has an 0.18 ERA with 74 strikeouts in 39 1/3 innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

When Roberts-Smith came home from Afghanistan in 2013, he was considered a national hero, having been awarded Australia's highest military honour for single-handedly overpowering Taliban fighters attacking his SAS platoon.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

That’s the last I heard him yell before we got inside, where I had an overpowering impulse to kneel down and kiss the jail- house floor.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd