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grind (down)

verb

Definition of grind (down)

as in to overwhelm

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else

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The steak was smoky and tender, with the kind of char that lingers without overwhelming the meat.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Going forward, Fedorov said, in order to overwhelm Russia’s recruitment pipeline, the country’s armed forces would aim to take out fifty thousand per month.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Definition of overwhelm

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Democrats have been struggling to overcome disarray in other messy primaries across this year’s midterm calendar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Ding said optical interconnects are becoming essential for overcoming the scalability limits of conventional server architectures.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

Definition of overcome

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Of course, they’re devastated, and so is Clark, who is left with an ideal, a paragon of self-sacrifice, a superhero to remember and look up to, but not a friend.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
This all comes after reports that Lively was devastated not to get an invite to Swift’s wedding.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026

Definition of devastate

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