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as in spilled
to flow over the brim or top of
while the wine steward stood there gawking at the nearby celebrity, my expensive champagne was overflowing its glass and pouring onto our table
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as in engulfed
to cover with a flood
the swollen river overflowed the surrounding land and washed several houses away
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Recent Examples of overflowed
Time, 24 Sep. 2025
While the sewerage district's original estimate suggested about 20,000 gallons of wastewater overflowed, half of that was recovered and treated.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Hazardous medical waste bins overflowed.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Many residents of Hazard are still reeling from catastrophic flooding in July 2022, which was driven by five days of record-breaking rain that overflowed creeks and rivers across Kentucky.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
The Farmington River overflowed at historic levels at the time.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
The stories have overflowed with a horrible, glorious narrative abundance.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
After dinner, Mark quickly left after the toilet overflowed due to Epcot's constant use throughout the day.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The lack of an effective flood warning system in Kerr County would become top of mind in the hours, days and weeks after the banks of the Guadalupe overflowed.
—Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Piles of petitions lined the hallways of Congress and overflowed from John Quincy Adams' desk.
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They are designed to protect homes and businesses against the type of winter storms that have severely flooded the low-lying community of Alviso multiple times with water up to 6 feet deep and which are posing more risk as sea level rises due to climate change.—
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In 2021 a city spokeswoman said that 6,000 to 8,000 homes were flooded; on Thursday at the news conference, Hammoud said that 20,000 homes were flooded.—
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Firefighters are mopping up Monday after an early morning fire engulfed a railcar on Roseville Road in North Sacramento before spreading to a towing yard and knocking out power to nearby customers.—
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The next day, a neighbor who had evacuated with the group informed him that his car had been engulfed.—
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The gang violence has also spilled into neighboring South Africa.—
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But discontent rarely spilled over into the clubhouse, a credit to Baldelli and his staff.—
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The implication that children's immune systems get overwhelmed by vaccinations is not accurate, doctors say.—
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There is a murky risk that old movies will attract old people, who, as a rule, like nothing better than to rummage through their recollections of being overwhelmed by something half a century ago.—
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While the first game trafficked in elegant neatness, Hades II is practically bursting at the seams with excess.—
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Video from the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel shows floodwater bursting through the closed lobby doors, quickly rising to knee height while staff shouted for guests to evacuate.—
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When [ecologist Lars] Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the bees buzzed with delight.—
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Stateside, Atlanta buzzed as Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Stephanie Mills shared the stage for The Queens!—
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The lack of saturated fat and antioxidants also supports healthy blood vessels and reduces inflammation, lowering the risk of heart disease over time.—
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However, just because two specific shades don't work together doesn't mean similar or less saturated tones of each shade can't be juxtaposed in a visually appealing way.—
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The toddler then marched around the house eating a dripping peach.—
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Inside, the minimalist lobby doubles as a gallery, and the in-house restaurant, The Hive, is dripping with sculptures of glowing honeycombs, kudzu vines, and swarms of bees.—
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“Overflowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overflowed. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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