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overkills

noun

plural of overkill

as in excesses

the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed the song already borders on the maudlin—the addition of a syrupy string accompaniment would just be overkill

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Even though Clinton’s remarks Saturday received muted response on cable news due to the heatwave and Trump’s excesses, online the former President deftly tapped into the shifts among Democrats for a more combative approach to curb MAGA.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 July 2026
Stylish excesses are dialed back as cleaner camerawork, steadier editing and Farrell’s tender narration let the character breathe, blending sci-fi curiosity with classic detective-story stakes.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

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And while average state surpluses over the past decade have surpassed that number many times over, Connecticut’s budget is subject to a spending cap that ties its own growth to household income and inflation.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
As those temporary surpluses faded, homelessness spending fell sharply.

— Benjamin F. Henwood, Fortune, 12 June 2026

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Weeks after overflows from Atlanta’s sewer tunnels contributed to the deaths of thousands of fish on the Chattahoochee River, the city’s Department of Watershed Management says its investigating another fish kill on a different river.

— Drew Kann, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
As Connecticut’s climate changes, more frequent and intense storms have lead to more overflows.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

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Some samples from Jilin showed particularly high abundances of heavy rare earth elements compared to neighboring regions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The ratio is also an important one because abundances of deuterium and hydrogen throughout the universe are thought to have been set during the Big Bang itself.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026

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