overwhelm
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Shield adds that you don't want to overwhelm your child with information about school, but get them to a point where it feels "familiar"
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The public-relations crisis is starting to overwhelm the tech giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Macro conditions, liquidity and positioning can overwhelm fundamentals, and bitcoin could fall well below current levels without invalidating its longer-term investment case,” said Silenskyte.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The new album appears designed to tease, coax and overwhelm the listener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
There are so many things I want to ask Adam, but I don’t want to overwhelm him.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
Even here in the relative safety of Annapolis, Maryland, an advancing armada of amped-up college kids overwhelms me.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
“The unexpected overwhelms you,” said McDonnel, who said her obligations for her parents vary daily and weekly.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
That sparks fears of a capital squeeze, whereby sheer supply overwhelms available buyer cash.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The Sagrada Família overwhelms her with emotion whenever she visits, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The terror that waits in that cold tile room overwhelms him.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
You appear to be overwhelmed by all the moving pieces.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The health response lacks sufficient resources and has been overwhelmed by the surge in cases, while there has been widespread mistrust in parts of the community.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Mr. Hoser, “fired with a spirit of rebellion,” overwhelmed this system, sometimes even describing new species secondhand, pulling descriptions from papers published by other people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Parton said she heard the power ballad version for the first time on the radio, and felt so overwhelmed that she had to pull over to avoid crashing her Cadillac.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Caught by surprise, as Falkenhayn had planned, and overwhelmed by the enemy’s numbers and firepower, the French began to fall back as the Germans advanced toward the key forts of Vaux and Douaumont.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
"For many families, the cost of uniform can be overwhelming."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of the world do not condone power politics, conflict and confrontation, or isolation and backwardness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"There is an overwhelming amount of firsthand documentation indicating that dam-building compounds the glacial melt and permafrost melt already underway from warming," Tikos added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Whatever the reason, the overwhelming majority of eggs remain on ice.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
The density of threads rising from the assembled army was almost overwhelming, and Anya gaped at them.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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