- present participle of overwhelm.
overwhelming
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"Extreme precision is required to pick the muons out of the overwhelming background."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
Papua New Guinea is considering ways to limit families to just three children in a bid to stop its booming population from overwhelming public services, Prime Minister James Marape said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
At the time, a spokesperson for the publisher described the judgement as an "overwhelming victory for the Daily Mail and its journalists".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Social Security was created by overwhelming bipartisan congressional majorities,” the pair of senators said in a New York Times Opinion piece earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Thank goodness, because it was already overwhelming to be doing this by ourselves.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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