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Recent Examples of overdose
The playlist contains a hodgepodge of content, including behind-the-scenes clips from the photo shoot and a dedication to Michael K. Williams, who died of a drug overdose in 2021.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Her comments underscore growing concerns, often not supported by science, that officers and first responders increasingly face exposure risks during overdose responses.
—Henry Larweh, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
A little more than a year ago, his 39-year-old son, Adam Harrison, died from an accidental drug overdose.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
The new evidence led the Elk Grove Police Department to reopen the fentanyl overdose death of Keanu Apodaca Young, 17, the release said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Her comments underscore growing concerns, often not supported by science, that officers and first responders increasingly face exposure risks during overdose responses.
—Henry Larweh, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
A little more than a year ago, his 39-year-old son, Adam Harrison, died from an accidental drug overdose.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
The new evidence led the Elk Grove Police Department to reopen the fentanyl overdose death of Keanu Apodaca Young, 17, the release said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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The surplus with the U.S. ballooned to 9 trillion yen ($63 billion).—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Managing surplus energy for local businesses and municipalities In most data centers, servers are air-cooled.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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In particular, smoking, vaping, drinking alcohol, skipping sleep, using recreational drugs (like marijuana), and downing a ton of sugar may all contribute to an excess of those free-wheeling free radicals and impair your body’s ability to defend against them.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
18 Apr. 2025
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Many retailers have likely rushed their orders to get ahead of these levies, which can lead to an excess of inventory and a need to liquidate for cash.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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This might sound like overkill, but as the car heats up and snow starts to slide, roof snow can fall onto windshields and obscure vision at intersections or when pressing on the brakes.—
Kade Krichko,
Outside Online,
6 Mar. 2025
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Since the 2015 Progeny box already gave us seven full concerts from the same tour, an additional show is welcome, but a bit of an overkill.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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Another 21 sewage overflows were reported in Hartford and New Haven, according to state data.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2025
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Ocasio-Cortez is headlining a string of major political rallies alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), drawing overflow crowds of more than 10,000 in deep-red states like Utah, Idaho and Montana.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Under Lightfoot, the district benefited from a surfeit of federal stimulus dollars that went to hiring.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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There are plenty of period pieces on TV, too, with a surfeit of fun costumes and grand settings and now-foreign social rules.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
18 June 2024
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Is the Tequila boom over, and is the industry suffering from a massive oversupply of products?—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Decades after the Flexner Report, in 1980, policymakers anticipated a physician oversupply based on medical school enrollment projections and government investments in the medical workforce.—
Nicole McCann,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Captured within a radar image are two pieces of information: amplitude and phase.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The April-to-September range had an amplitude of £154.—
MoneyShow,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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