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Recent Examples of overdose
There are multiple reasons why the stimulant overdose death rate has increased.
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
This was a particularly meaningful case for Matty, given that her daughter died from an overdose.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
His death was ruled an accidental overdose from prescription medicine.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Sadly, his cohost died of an overdose in July 2018.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
This was a particularly meaningful case for Matty, given that her daughter died from an overdose.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
His death was ruled an accidental overdose from prescription medicine.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Sadly, his cohost died of an overdose in July 2018.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Officials began setting aside surplus dollars to fill the Retiree Protection Fund starting around 2016-17.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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At that point, the government’s finances had been buoyed by a surge in oil prices that lifted the budget into its only annual surplus of the last decade, prompting a wave of spending.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Duarte sees their work as Brazil’s answer to early [Pedro] Almodóvar, combining the freedom, humor, and the emotional excess of Spain’s Movida Madrileña with Brazil’s own urban and political tensions.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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Lightly dredge chicken in flour, and shake off excess.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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Is lighting your fire with a blowtorch overkill?—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
11 Oct. 2025
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Annual exams may be overkill for some young adults with no signs of vision problems.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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Why DigIndy was dug DigIndy’s origin story begins around 2005 when the City of Indianapolis agreed to improve its combined sewer overflow system.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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At night, as the temperature cools, Dahlia’s warms up into a joyous watering hole for locals and visitors alike, with the quieter overflow lounging in the secondary Moss Bar next door, which takes on a more masculine energy with its green walls and taxidermy decor.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
8 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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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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While the boom in solar has reshaped India’s energy sector, a daytime oversupply — and insufficient batteries to store the excess power — has brought midday prices down to zero, sparking fears of cooling investor interest.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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When the wave arrives in shallow waters once again, the wave behavior would reappear, potentially leading to crashing, large-amplitude waves on shore.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
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Blazy’s new silhouette for the house achieved exactly that by anchoring the form at the hips, liberating the upper body and waist, while enabling the skirts to emphasize the length of the leg and the amplitude of each step.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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