swamped

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The emergence of new fiscal concerns abroad has also revived perennial anxieties that the world is becoming swamped with bonds—thanks in large part to massive borrowing by the U.S. government.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

I hear the bear case—that we are going to be swamped with supply as soon as this war ends.

From Barron's • May 15, 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

Even if we were two and swamped her to load him and bailed her out, this skiff would never hold him.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway