as in overwhelmed
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 implication that children's immune systems get overwhelmed by vaccinations is not accurate, doctors say.—
Sony Salzman,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025 -
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.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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That includes the burn zone of the Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 6,000 homes and devastated the community of Altadena.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Her journey has brought her to Cloonboo, a town devastated by the Great Famine that ravaged the land between 1845 and 1852.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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New York overcame strong winds and a five-run lead by the Chicago Cubs to win Tuesday night’s showdown.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Beyond fusion reactor walls Pan Hongtao, a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics, said the team overcame materials, sensors, and control systems hurdles to build the platform.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Ground (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20%28down%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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