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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Korea sits at the center of the global HBM (high bandwidth memory) and DRAM (dynamic-random access memory) supply chain, not to mention macro tailwinds including a weaker USD, an accommodative Bank or Korea and a record current account surplus.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Chinn and Ito describe a more rotating pattern, with large surpluses appearing at different times in China, Germany, oil exporters, Japan, and other economies.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Temperatures in excess of 82 degrees Fahrenheit are considered ideal conditions for tropical storm or hurricane development.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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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
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On the power user's note, the Ultra supports 68W TurboPower charging, which seems overkill but is the kind of flagship feature Motorola can offer with a bang.—
Florence Ion,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Beuerlein lamented that fans can’t just watch all the games on TV at home for free, calling the NFL’s expansion to streaming services overkill.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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When maintenance issues reached a crisis point with sewage overflow in 2023, residents turned to the attorney general to intervene.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Use it as a shoe rack in an entryway, a spot to display potted plants, or a pantry organizer for overflow.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
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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
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Both men marveled at the surfeit of shovels stacked by the door.—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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When farmers complained about low prices, FDR blamed an oversupply of food.—
John Stossel,
Oc Register,
22 Apr. 2026
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Denver has an oversupply of apartments right now, thanks to a flurry of developers breaking ground when interest rates were low amid the pandemic.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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Keith leads us toward this richer amplitude.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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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 17 May. 2026.
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