swamped

Example Sentences

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The losses swamped the pickup in yields, leading to total-return losses.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

As a result, the city has been swamped with a mounting backlog of streetlight repairs — more than 33,000.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

"But that could be swamped by events in the Middle East raising UK inflation and weakening UK GDP growth."

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

If it is the fate of all men to be eclipsed by time, it is the special fate of the reformers of the day to be swamped by the incoming tide of tomorrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The lifeboat abruptly tilted forward and everything was reversed: I was now at the lower end of the lifeboat, and the water that had swamped it, with a tiger soaking in it, came my way.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel