as in to load
to fill or load to excess
try not to overload your backpack, or you could end up with back problems
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Recent Examples of overload
Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 16 June 2025
The Anker Nano has built-in safety protections, including overheat prevention, short-circuit protection, and automatic shutoff in the event of overload.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
By Erica Sloan With steady-state running, the impact with each step is so much lower, so there’s hardly any progressive overload happening.
—Danielle Zickl, SELF, 11 June 2025
In possession, the goal is for Chelsea to arrange themselves with a three-man defence and a three-man attack with a midfield box between them, creating the possibility for overloads around opposing formations.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 9 June 2025
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Verb
However, the entire incident went on for seven hours after that, with the crash leading to an overload in some larger regions.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 16 June 2025
The Anker Nano has built-in safety protections, including overheat prevention, short-circuit protection, and automatic shutoff in the event of overload.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
By Erica Sloan With steady-state running, the impact with each step is so much lower, so there’s hardly any progressive overload happening.
—Danielle Zickl, SELF, 11 June 2025
In possession, the goal is for Chelsea to arrange themselves with a three-man defence and a three-man attack with a midfield box between them, creating the possibility for overloads around opposing formations.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overload
Verb
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The bases were loaded in the bottom of the inning with one out, and the Huskies were up to bat.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Using Bellinger there allowed Boone to load up the lineup with left-handed bats against Mets right-hander Frankie Montas.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
Noun
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In fact, Chevrolet purposefully accomplished that top speed run with ballast to prove the future ZR1X's potential.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2025
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One where balance sheets build and their brand finds ballast.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Verb
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Jamie Moraga, Franklin Revere NO: Increasing density isn’t the solution and could cause unintended consequences, such as overburdening infrastructure, eroding property values and diminishing community character.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Some buyers intentionally overburden founders in earnouts, attaching strings to your compensation and making post-sale life miserable.—
David Berkal,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The statutory base fine is $60 but with additional fees and surcharges, the total penalty may be up to $158, the bill says.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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These errors aren’t always blatant; they can be hidden in pricing tiers, surcharges or overlapping fees for services the company might not even need.—
Eric Steele,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Your next outdoor bash or beachside hang deserves some attention to the cookware and coolers you’re bound up grilling with and using to stuff to the brim with ice and beverages.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
11 July 2025
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The family moved from Temecula to Point Loma in December and most of the rings are still stuffed in boxes, sitting in the garage.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The monthly treasury statement was released a week after Trump signed congressional Republicans' tax and spending package, which included extending the 2017 tax rates and reducing spending for Medicaid and nutrition assistance.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 July 2025
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By building out a strong logistics network, JD had set a standard in the market for same-day or next-day delivery of packages, pressuring competitors like Alibaba.—
Dylan Butts,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Less than a week after pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said his administration would reverse course.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
8 July 2025
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Shortly after that, Israeli airstrikes on Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah across neighboring Syria — at the time, a key ally of Iran — weakened the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown last December by rebels.—
James Hider,
NPR,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The work there has included arranging bales of straw on the sand, which has enabled native shrubs to take root and begin to keep down the blowing dust.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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About half the candidates make the cut after interviewing, slinging a bale of hay and displaying calm with horses.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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“Overload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overload. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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