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Recent Examples of overdose
The Department of Homeland Security seized 27,000 pounds of fentanyl and arrested 3,600 criminal suspects in 2024.
More than 105,000 people nationwide died of drug overdoses in 2023, including nearly 73,000 from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 July 2025
His father, folk musician Tim Buckley, died in 1975 from a heroin overdose.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 17 July 2025
There's reason to be optimistic about America's drug overdose crisis.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
His cause of death was ruled an accidental overdose by the Los Angeles medical examiner.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 July 2025
His father, folk musician Tim Buckley, died in 1975 from a heroin overdose.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 17 July 2025
There's reason to be optimistic about America's drug overdose crisis.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
His cause of death was ruled an accidental overdose by the Los Angeles medical examiner.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Several were already sold out by 1 p.m. Thursday, but other restaurants open up their surplus shop in the evening.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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That one is a negative, however, as their +68 pop up surplus is quite a drag on their offense.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Sip wines made right on-site, sweat out nights of excess in the barrel sauna and cold plunge, and savor in-room breakfasts and alfresco wine dinners.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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With no shortage of natural night in this nursery, there’s little need for an excess of lamps or harsh overhead lighting, though the boho-style chandelier Storm added complements the wood finishes throughout the space.—
Nina Derwin,
Architectural Digest,
18 July 2025
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Part Rambo, part Aliens, Predator features the kind of glorious Reagan-era overkill typical of its blockbuster age, marrying shoot-’em-up spectacle to an ingenious narrative hook.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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Mindful of potential overkill, or of drowning out Simon’s fragile voice, the collective let the arrangements breathe and valued the spaces between notes.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Court officials plan to open an overflow room, where the proceedings will be livestreamed.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
24 July 2025
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Seating in the courtroom is available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and the hearing will be streamed in an overflow room in the courthouse, the court said.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Washington now has a surfeit of shooting guards with C.J. McCollum, Marcus Smart and Bub Carrington, but trades will likely have that worked out that by midseason. 7.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Washington now has a surfeit of shooting guards with C.J. McCollum, Marcus Smart and Bub Carrington, but trades will likely have that worked out that by midseason.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Kimmel said the country has an oversupply domestically of scrap metal, if U.S. companies cannot export.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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There's currently a global oversupply of those metals — even some terrestrial mines are going idle.—
Daniel Ackerman,
NPR,
30 June 2025
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The selection of encoding methods between amplitude and basis encoding affects the model's ability to efficiently represent complex relationships.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Only the amplitude of stimulation, measured in volts, is typically adjusted to accommodate individual tolerances or symptom severity.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 June 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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