surfeit

Example Sentences

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But this spring holds a surfeit of Scripture-inspired scripted alternatives.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

“What happened to the peace dividend?” economist Augusto Lopez-Claros asked last year, referring to the supposed surfeit of funds that was to flow after the end of the Cold War.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Any study of wars, poverty and other manmade crises shows us that humanity still suffers from a lack of empathy, not a surfeit.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025

Crude prices have fallen from $75 a barrel a year ago, and a projected surfeit next year could send them lower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Nor was McCandless endowed with a surfeit of common sense.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer