overdose

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Recent Examples of overdose Some research also suggests the number of people likely to overdose has been shrinking, as fewer teens take up drugs and many illicit drug users have died. Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 13 May 2026 The nation's decades-long overdose epidemic has played out at different paces in different parts of the country, due at least in part to differences in the illicit drug supply and what people are using. CBS News, 13 May 2026 The autopsy revealed Eric Richins died of a fentanyl overdose, with roughly five times a lethal dose in his blood. Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 Eric died on March 4, 2022, from what an autopsy later determined to be an overdose of fentanyl. Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for overdose
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Noun
  • Newsom then proposes spending that $10 billion in the next year’s budget, according to the LAO report — in essence, making a quick deposit to carry some of this year’s surplus over for next year’s budget.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • By linking their grids, member states can share domestic surpluses in real time.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Temperatures in excess of 82 degrees Fahrenheit are considered ideal conditions for tropical storm or hurricane development.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • These morality tales, focusing on figures like Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, make an implicit claim that individual avarice somehow explains the excesses of an entire era.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Global shutter and 120fps capture are overkill for the vast majority of photographers.
    Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026
  • When a super-stiff shirt collar feels like overkill, go for a lighter application of starch to maintain the garment's structure, while opting for a slightly more relaxed feel.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • And the bus agency will stage buses to handle potential overflow crowds or delays on the streetcar, among other improvements through the Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) during the World Cup.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
  • After the scan, the overflow doctor called.
    Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • While there’s not exactly a surfeit of character development, the screenplay co-written by Corrigan and Hope Elliott Kemp provides just enough motivation to keep us interested in more than just the caper.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • Both men marveled at the surfeit of shovels stacked by the door.
    Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • During the boom, many developers amassed huge debts, and the oversupply of housing led to whole ghost districts and empty projects in many places.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • That has resulted in a temporary oversupply of apartments.
    Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 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 20 May. 2026.

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