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- just the thought of how much work there is to do overwhelms me
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- that spring the massive runoff from melting snows overwhelmed the valley
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“Overwhelm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overwhelm. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.
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