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Recent Examples of overdose
McIver, Baretto and Epperson allegedly supplied the drugs that led to De Niro Rodriguez's overdose.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Five people were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from the 2023 overdose deaths of Robert De Niro's grandson and Chris Stein's daughter, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's unexpected death is being investigated as a possible suicide or drug overdose, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department incident report, People reported.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
One relationship was cut short prematurely when star Angus Cloud died of a drug overdose at 25.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Five people were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from the 2023 overdose deaths of Robert De Niro's grandson and Chris Stein's daughter, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's unexpected death is being investigated as a possible suicide or drug overdose, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department incident report, People reported.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
One relationship was cut short prematurely when star Angus Cloud died of a drug overdose at 25.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Due to Boston's surplus of talented outfielders under contract, the team has no shortage of options to choose from for who will be in the outfield next season.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Several governors have declared states of emergency so surplus and emergency funds can be used to help food banks or SNAP recipients directly.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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For Jay Gatsby, a man of immense wealth and few scruples, almost nothing is beyond his voracious appetite for excess.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2025
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Saraceno explained that there is commonly an excess of huskies in shelters.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Held in May of last year, the dinner saw walkouts and howls of dissent as Ari Emanuel tore into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what the super-agent saw as an overkill response to the October 7 attacks.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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Giving a sniper rifle explosive rounds that also cause electrical shocks seems like overkill, but shooting that gun never gets old.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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The buildup can also clog sewage systems, leading to overflows that send raw sewage into rivers, lakes, and oceans.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tap the three-dot or overflow icon.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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From a surfeit of forwards, the Mavs are glaringly lacking in guards.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the nuns could be transformed into spa therapists at a wellness retreat and the toxin explained away as a surfeit of matcha.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Industry leaders warn the change could lead to layoffs and further strain dispensaries already struggling with low prices and oversupply.—
Elissa Robinson,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The sell off comes as oil prices hit a 4-month low due to concerns about oversupply in the market.—
Adrian van Hauwermeiren,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
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What would the amplitude of those gravitational wave fluctuations be?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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As a person sleeps, this synchrony grows, producing brain waves that are lower in frequency and higher in amplitude.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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