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Recent Examples of overdose
Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is intended to save people experiencing drug overdose.
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Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Sep. 2025
Coma Convulsions Ask for immediate medical help in case of accidental iron overdose.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2025
Officials for Public Health Madison and Dane County sent out an overdose spike alert for the area after five calls drug overdose calls were reported by EMS providers and hospitals.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Parents should be cautious about gummies that have artificial additives and tempt kids to eat them like candy, leading to the risk of overdose, Basiri says.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Sep. 2025
Coma Convulsions Ask for immediate medical help in case of accidental iron overdose.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2025
Officials for Public Health Madison and Dane County sent out an overdose spike alert for the area after five calls drug overdose calls were reported by EMS providers and hospitals.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Parents should be cautious about gummies that have artificial additives and tempt kids to eat them like candy, leading to the risk of overdose, Basiri says.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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The case questions whether a homeowner is owed the fair market value or just the surplus from a tax auction sale.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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But in baseball, on paper is the only place where a team can consider itself as having a surplus of starters.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Apply a thick paste to the stain and wait 10 minutes, then brush off the excess.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Lost in the drugs and the excess.—
Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
3 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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Face to face, calling the director often seems like overkill.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
21 Sep. 2025
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This year, the event will include more product than ever, surprise rollouts throughout the day, and even a giant tent in the parking lot for overflow.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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According to the department, the new culvert will be able to handle potential overflow during future floods.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Sep. 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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Lali is cheerful and spry, with a surfeit of energy—sprinting for no reason, flourishing her movements, meowing ten times in a row.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 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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If farmers are unable to sell all their soybeans, the crop remains stored for the next year, creating an oversupply that drags prices down even further.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
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The team first runs dynamic laboratory tests on generic soil samples to build reliable models, applying waves at different strain rates and amplitudes and comparing experimental results with simulations.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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By the time the ripples from GW150914 arrived at Earth, the size of those ripples, which translates into a quantity known as the strain amplitude for a gravitational wave detector, was down to 10-21, or one part in one sextillion.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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