as in loads
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 overloads
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
The special effects can look corny and the story overloads us with too many characters.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overloads
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The thieves check the balance when a customer purchases a card and loads funds onto it, then drain the card of funds before the customer can use it, officials said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Dec. 2025
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As its average shopper loads up on 15 items per basket, the company is betting a growing share of those items will be alcohol-free.—
Brandon Gomez,
CNBC,
10 Dec. 2025
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Cheaper options or knock-offs tend to come with flimsy sockets, buzzing ballasts, or unreliable switches, which can make rooms look cheap or dated far sooner than expected and even create fire hazards.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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What to know about the new pump station When rainfall overburdens the sewer system, the new pump station will reduce the strain.—
Vanessa Murdock,
CBS News,
19 Nov. 2025
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To keep this important cog in the development wheel turning, Goodspeed budgets carefully, sells a lot of tickets (including weekend passes and packages with dinner options) and attracts patrons who give donations specifically to the festival.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
12 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo that Harris took steps to conceal ordering steroids by arranging for packages to be delivered to a pseudonym at another address, and said his false application for a home loan — all while employed as a police officer — compounds his criminal responsibility.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Tramon Mark scores 21 points, Matas Vokietaitis (22 points) tops 20 points for the first time in SEC play, and Dailyn Swain stuffs the stat sheet with 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
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Unbeknownst to everyone else, Louise stuffs the turkey costumes with actual exploding meat guts meant to soak the audience in an effort to be released from school early.—
Lillian Brown,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2023
Noun
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The stores made gift packets of rubles and sold them as souvenirs.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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According to the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), there have already been 126 packets collected in the first 15 days of 2026.—
Jeremy Tanner,
The Hill,
15 Jan. 2026
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That said, multiple companies are exploring more creative bundles with a goal of reducing churn and offering better value.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Tiny bundles of data—relayed on the app’s servers through sockets, or continuous connections—tell you that your best friend is typing.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Investigators believe the fire started when a combine harvester in an agricultural field sent up some sort of sparks and ignited hay bales.—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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In terms of exports, the only change over 100,000 bales was for Mali (-150,000 bales to 900,000).—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Overloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overloads. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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