overdose

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Recent Examples of overdose Detectives this week arrested an Olivehurst man who faces a charge of murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death last year of an inmate at the Yuba County Jail. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026 Perez died of an overdose in prison in 2015, and Burke received an early release. USA Today, 6 May 2026 Higher opioid doses present greater risks to patients, including fatal respiratory depression, overdose and addiction. Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026 Shortly after, her friend Darby Crash of the Germs died of an overdose, and John Lennon was murdered. Michael Tedder, SPIN, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for overdose
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Noun
  • Over a decade later, the spirit of that push has become a core policy for Johnson, who persuaded aldermen to support a record $1 billion TIF surplus that yielded $572 million for Chicago Public Schools and $233 million for the city.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Those teams have areas of surplus and change-of-scenery candidates.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Yet the outcome of the big bang was somehow a tiny sliver more matter than antimatter—all the galaxies, dust and living things in the universe belong to this minuscule excess.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
  • Delano Miami Beach, which was built in 1947 and became a wildly popular hot spot for celebrities and a symbol of Miami Beach excess after a 1995 renovation, has reopened after six years.
    Connie Ogle May 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • On the power user's note, the Ultra supports 68W TurboPower charging, which seems overkill but is the kind of flagship feature Motorola can offer with a bang.
    Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • Beuerlein lamented that fans can’t just watch all the games on TV at home for free, calling the NFL’s expansion to streaming services overkill.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When maintenance issues reached a crisis point with sewage overflow in 2023, residents turned to the attorney general to intervene.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Use it as a shoe rack in an entryway, a spot to display potted plants, or a pantry organizer for overflow.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Both men marveled at the surfeit of shovels stacked by the door.
    Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The President and the explorer share a few traits, including a surfeit of self confidence.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When farmers complained about low prices, FDR blamed an oversupply of food.
    John Stossel, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Denver has an oversupply of apartments right now, thanks to a flurry of developers breaking ground when interest rates were low amid the pandemic.
    Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Keith leads us toward this richer amplitude.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • But there’s an uncertainty of around 20% on each of those figures (and, correspondingly, for the redshift as well), as a lower-mass merger that was closer or a higher-mass merger that was more distant would produce a signal with roughly the same amplitude.
    Big Think, Big Think, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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