swamped

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A more modern Mongolian issue: When the collection went online last month, the company was swamped with orders and struggled to meet demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The dinghy they were travelling on became swamped and capsized in the early hours of 24 November 2021, in what became the deadliest Channel small boat incident on record.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

"We kind of got a little bit swamped just on the finish. I got stuck in the barriers there and couldn’t really get out," Welsford said.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

In the last weeks of 2025, Indian social media was swamped with discussions about a single juggernaut: Dhurandhar, an espionage thriller set in the backdrop of India-Pakistan tensions.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Water swamped the turbine buildings on the ocean side of the reactors, and climbed 18 feet—about two stories—up the outsides of units 1 through 4.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland