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Recent Examples of overdose
Also, after Miles (Tatanka Means) learns his friend Sabrina died from a fentanyl overdose, the Marshals unearth a drug cartel operating from Broken Rock.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 May 2026
On The Conners, Roseanne Barr’s Roseanne Conner died of an opioid overdose — about five minutes after Barr fired off a racist tweet.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
Then came a call for naloxone, the opioid-overdose antidote.
—ABC News, 22 May 2026
Ahead of Iwamasa’s sentencing, Perry’s mother, Suzanne Morrison, and two sisters, Caitlin and Madeline, submitted victim impact statements to the judge — and their words paint a disturbing picture of Iwamasa’s behavior in the wake of the actor’s 2023 fatal overdose.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 May 2026
On The Conners, Roseanne Barr’s Roseanne Conner died of an opioid overdose — about five minutes after Barr fired off a racist tweet.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
Then came a call for naloxone, the opioid-overdose antidote.
—ABC News, 22 May 2026
Ahead of Iwamasa’s sentencing, Perry’s mother, Suzanne Morrison, and two sisters, Caitlin and Madeline, submitted victim impact statements to the judge — and their words paint a disturbing picture of Iwamasa’s behavior in the wake of the actor’s 2023 fatal overdose.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Columbus now seems to have a surplus of females capable of competing and could make a move for the right price.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The companies said the program could help transform surplus plutonium from a long-term storage liability into usable reactor fuel.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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Swimsuits for women my size are typically cumbersome, made with a confusing excess of fabric, and frumpy.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
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The areas in red are indicative of temperatures well in excess of 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) and include major European cities such as Madrid and Paris.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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Infectious disease experts said this plan was overkill because health departments already keep tabs on patients with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis using less onerous methods like regular phone calls.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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But in Steyer’s case, his recent unrelenting attack ads against surging Becerra — now his chief campaign rival — are disturbing and seem like overkill.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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The overflow was stopped by closing a valve, and a bypass was set up to allow for repairs.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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It's expected to spill beyond the arena grounds, with overflow viewing available on the White House Ellipse and National Mall for around 85,000 spectators, who can view the fights on video boards.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Besides using up your surfeit of squash, this recipe will even satisfy the kids.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
23 May 2026
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The Thunder’s surfeit of guards seems ripe for exploitation by a rival bidder, especially Mitchell.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Geopolitical conflicts, whipsawing tariff shifts, labor shortages in some markets versus oversupply of talent in others, tighter margins and rising customer expectations are all creating nonstop volatility.—
Mahesh Rajasekharan,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Badly run local governments, keen to massage numbers as well as find avenues for the huge oversupply of concrete and steel, compounded the problem.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Brown collected speech examples of 49 Canadians from online sources and analyzed the samples using the telltale acoustic markers of vocal fry, such as low and/or irregular pitch, spectral tilt (differences in amplitude between the first and second harmonics), and harmonics-to-noise ratios.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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Keith leads us toward this richer amplitude.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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