overpower
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Orioles Overpower Athletics as Wild-Card Race Tightens Chris Davis collected his 118th run batted in and the Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs in a 10-3 rout of the visiting Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2013
Moss and Athletics Overpower Yankees OAKLAND, Calif. — Brandon Moss hit a two-run homer and a bases-empty shot for his third career two-homer game, and the Oakland Athletics beat the , 5-2, on Wednesday night.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2013
Overpower him they might, but could they keep him overpowered while they bound him?
From Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Overpower, ō-vėr-pow′ėr, v.t. to have or gain power over: to subdue, defeat: to overwhelm.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Overpower, subordinate your dress, till it shall be only a second cuticle, not to be distinguished from yourself, but a natural element of your universal harmony.
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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