swamped

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Swamped streets saw rubbish bins overturned and vehicles flooded.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2019

Swamped by refugees, Colombia and Brazil, along with Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Panama, concluded that something had to be done to stem the implosion.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2019

Swamped with feedback, the regulator used custom-built programs to sift out the original replies.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2016

Other highlights at Christie's included Peter Doig's "Swamped," a 1990 painting of a canoe in a moonlit lagoon, which sold for almost $26 million, a record for the British artist.

From US News • May 11, 2015

Switchboards Swamped Switchboards at the Pima county sheriff's office and Tucson police station were jammed with inquiries.

From The Flying Saucers are Real by Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)