overdose

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Recent Examples of overdose But Democrats argued that some of that consolidation will ultimately impact the work that the federal government is doing to reduce overdose deaths, study causes of cancer or offer suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ teens. Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 There is little evidence about the safety, toxicity, and overdose of chia seeds in humans. Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025 The addictive drug, precursors to which are mostly produced in China and Mexico, has led to tens of thousands of overdose deaths each year in the U.S. The subsequent tit-for-tat trade spat saw duties skyrocketing over 100% on exports from both countries. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 May 2025 Loretta Godden recently lost one of her daughters to an accidental fentanyl overdose. Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for overdose
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Noun
  • And the $529 million shortfall already assumes $300 million in TIF surplus.
    Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • At Tuesday’s meeting, the school board was informed that the surplus of federal funds that had been used to offer free lunch throughout the district for the past school year was finally depleted.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Mania, the one side of its polarity, wants novelty, power, movement, excess.
    Cameron Esposito, Glamour, 12 May 2025
  • Amid low hope for progress, one positive outcome for financial markets in talks would be an agreement to bring down tariffs from an excess of 100 percent to levels allowing products to flow each way, Reuters reported.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • As the hearing began Wednesday, hundreds of people had signed up — and lined up — to testify, filling two overflow rooms and prompting the committee’s chair to cap testimony at four hours each for supporters and for opponents.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 May 2025
  • Sister Aimee, with her modest demeanor and overflow crowds, was a newsworthy curiosity.
    Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However, the speculative bubble, which saw a surfeit of product land on the market, needs to be addressed.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The surfeit of interested workers has not alleviated the labor shortage.
    Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The idea behind it is to curb the oversupply of rice, in order to indirectly, but nevertheless artificially, ensure rice prices remain relatively high.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 May 2025
  • Prices are dropping all across the state, and will likely continue to drop for years due to an oversupply of housing combined with record lack of affordability.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • His performance is the loudest thing in it by an amplitude of 10.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
  • First, why are speech and music so distinct in their amplitude over time?
    Andrew Chang, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024

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