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as in spilled
to flow over the brim or top of
while the wine steward stood there gawking at the nearby celebrity, my expensive champagne was overflowing its glass and pouring onto our table
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as in engulfed
to cover with a flood
the swollen river overflowed the surrounding land and washed several houses away
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Recent Examples of overflowed
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Rivers overflowed their banks and parts of the central coastal region were buried under mud, the Red Cross said in a report a year later.
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Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Over here, the large garbage cans overflowed with blue garbage bags.
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Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Willow Creek and Samuelson Pond both overflowed, unable to absorb all the rainfall after a month with a lot of precipitation before Thursday’s storms.
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Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Hundreds of homes in the city’s black neighborhoods were damaged and the Miami River overflowed.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
After chowing down on a platter that overflowed with Smokey Joe’s favorites, including at least three kinds of meat, Talarico showed his true colors.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
Russ Chandler Stadium overflowed with fans for Georgia Tech’s NCAA regional game Saturday night.
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Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
31 May 2026
Nearby Shingle Creek overflowed beyond its banks, while water flowing from neighborhoods north of State Road 50 and State Road 408 poured into the same basin serving Orlo Vista.
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Greg Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Verb
At the committee hearing Wednesday, the room overflowed with supporters who queued up in the room and outside in the corridor to make public comment and emphasize the importance of the bill.
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Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Rivers overflowed their banks and parts of the central coastal region were buried under mud, the Red Cross said in a report a year later.
—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Over here, the large garbage cans overflowed with blue garbage bags.
—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Willow Creek and Samuelson Pond both overflowed, unable to absorb all the rainfall after a month with a lot of precipitation before Thursday’s storms.
—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Hundreds of homes in the city’s black neighborhoods were damaged and the Miami River overflowed.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
After chowing down on a platter that overflowed with Smokey Joe’s favorites, including at least three kinds of meat, Talarico showed his true colors.
—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
Russ Chandler Stadium overflowed with fans for Georgia Tech’s NCAA regional game Saturday night.
—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
31 May 2026
Nearby Shingle Creek overflowed beyond its banks, while water flowing from neighborhoods north of State Road 50 and State Road 408 poured into the same basin serving Orlo Vista.
—
Greg Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overflowed
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When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
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In Hardin County, a juvenile died after a car overturned in a flooded creek, WAVE 3 News reported.
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But Trump’s frustrations with Senate Republicans spilled over during a closed-door caucus lunch on Capitol Hill last month.
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Jewelry designer and ballet dancer Jamie Wolf spilled about Portman’s ring to HuffPost in a 2012 interview.
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With no energy available to warm the planet to these temperatures, the team reasoned that the temperature must be a residual effect of prior warming either from being engulfed by the red giant or during an inward migration.
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Polls show Democrats are the favorites to retake Congress heading into November, but the party is engulfed at the moment by a fierce debate about its ideologicl direction.
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However, the extravagant nature of such spending appears to be a bubble that has now burst, especially given the obvious failure to build a domestic talent pool.
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When fire crews arrived on scene, the fire had consumed multiple rooms and had burst through the roof of one of the three hotel buildings.
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System1's Spike Rating, an industry measure of emotional intensity paired with speed of brand recognition, credits the film among the top 15% of effective ads in Brazil, inside one of the country's most saturated ad categories.
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Both butter and margarine have a combination of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
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But the ownership group is overwhelmed by left-wing politics.
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Tipu’s kingdom finally fell in 1799, when British and allied forces overwhelmed his fortress at Seringapatam, a few hours’ drive from present-day Bangalore.
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Astrophotographer Efrain Morales captured spectacular footage of China's Tiangong space station as its silhouette buzzed Tycho Crater during a lunar transit on May 29, one night before May's Blue Moon.
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The crowd at the party buzzed around one of that show’s key players, Lindsay Hubbard, who was in attendance.
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The piece featured a plunging neckline, dripping pearls, and tiny purple ribbons throughout.
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The equivalent of promising your family a weekend away at an all-inclusive resort, and instead ending up at a dirty road-side motel with creaky beds and dripping faucets.
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“Overflowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overflowed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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