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Recent Examples of overdose
Detectives reviewed Balen’s web search history, which included a search on how to stop an overdose, court records show.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Editor’s Pick Illustration by Ariel Davis The Radical Development of an Entirely New Painkiller
More than two million people in the U.S. are believed to have an opioid-use disorder, and last year more than fifty thousand people died from overdoses.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg grilled the doctor during her cross-examination, rattling off the various medical topics he’s testified as an expert on — including opioids, homicide, drug overdoses, physical and cognitive impairments, and drug screenings.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
In 2015, Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel after a drug overdose.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 May 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Editor’s Pick Illustration by Ariel Davis The Radical Development of an Entirely New Painkiller
More than two million people in the U.S. are believed to have an opioid-use disorder, and last year more than fifty thousand people died from overdoses.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg grilled the doctor during her cross-examination, rattling off the various medical topics he’s testified as an expert on — including opioids, homicide, drug overdoses, physical and cognitive impairments, and drug screenings.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
In 2015, Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel after a drug overdose.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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But the portion of the decision that raised the most hackles revised the rules so that new rooftop solar customers would no longer be credited at the retail rate of electricity when their systems generated surplus energy.—
Rob Nikolewski,
Mercury News,
2 June 2025
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The investment bank sees a surplus of 1 million bpd this year and 1.5 million bpd in 2026.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
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Read More: Lee Jae-myung Aims to Steer South Korea Through Crisis A populist shaped by his years as a labor and human rights lawyer, Lee has long advocated for a stronger state role in redistributing economic gains and curbing the excesses of South Korea’s powerful conglomerates.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
3 June 2025
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But the soft power derived from American culture will not survive the excesses of the U.S. government during the next four years if American democracy continues to erode and the country acts as a bully abroad.—
Robert O. Keohane,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
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Rivalries Are Easier To Exploit In any other region, the burden Concacaf places on teams would be seen as obvious overkill.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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In an age when blockbuster overkill is supposed to be saving movies, the film reminds you that the real salvation of cinema will always come from those who understand that making a movie should be a magic trick good enough to fool the magician himself into believing it.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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Diddy is still paying Jane's rent As the day was coming to a close, Jane dropped a bombshell that drew gasps in the overflow room where my colleague Patrick Ryan was seated in.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Jane’s taking the stand drew obvious interest from the media and spectators in the overflow room, with some wondering how someone so close to Diddy became a witness for the prosecution.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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The rooms are immaculate but lifeless, albeit with a surfeit of gold leaf.—
Peter Rutland,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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However, the speculative bubble, which saw a surfeit of product land on the market, needs to be addressed.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Cobalt and nickel prices have collapsed since 2022 and both are now in oversupply worldwide.—
Victor Vescovo,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Philippine builders from Ayala Land to the billionaire Sy family’s SM Prime are slowing down the construction and marketing of new high-rise housing projects as the real estate industry grapples with an oversupply of middle-income condominiums in Metro Manila.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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His performance is the loudest thing in it by an amplitude of 10.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
15 May 2025
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First, why are speech and music so distinct in their amplitude over time?—
Andrew Chang,
Scientific American,
18 Sep. 2024
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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