as in surplus
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Recent Examples of overdose
Epstein died of an accidental overdose at 32 in 1967.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
From 1999 to 2017, deaths from overdose due to prescription opioids increased more than seven times, exposing a dire need for effective but nonaddictive ways to manage pain.
—Alice Park, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
In a deposition from a recent wrongful death suit filed by the family of a drug overdose victim, a CCCC guard admitted to napping on the job and sleeping in his car between 16-hour shifts (CoreCivic denied wrongdoing and the suit was settled out of court last year).
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
The Colorado Department of Human Services previously told The Post that the state was not aware of any youth deaths due to overdoses in state-run detention facilities within at least the last 30 years.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
From 1999 to 2017, deaths from overdose due to prescription opioids increased more than seven times, exposing a dire need for effective but nonaddictive ways to manage pain.
—Alice Park, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
In a deposition from a recent wrongful death suit filed by the family of a drug overdose victim, a CCCC guard admitted to napping on the job and sleeping in his car between 16-hour shifts (CoreCivic denied wrongdoing and the suit was settled out of court last year).
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
The Colorado Department of Human Services previously told The Post that the state was not aware of any youth deaths due to overdoses in state-run detention facilities within at least the last 30 years.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Stack, an avid fisherman, worked at an U.S. Army surplus store before opening his own business with $300 from his grandmother, the website said.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
31 Jan. 2025
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Taken together, the changes would close Social Security’s funding gap and result in a minor 1% surplus, according to NIRS’ Bond.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2025
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The excesses of 1980s academia are ripe fodder for de Kretser’s mordant wit, but her aim here is more ambitious — and the results more rewarding.—
Emily Eakin,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The track’s video features Rae frolicking in powdered sugar and in another scene, lingering in her closet, surrounded by an excess of clothes and shoes.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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Even the Obama administration had not engaged in this kind of prosecutorial overkill.—
The Editors,
National Review,
28 Jan. 2025
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Over 150 companies, including Siemens, Heineken, Renault and Airbus, expressed concerns about potential regulatory overkill.—
Ozan Ozerk,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have an overflow of relievers in the bullpen after signing Kirby Yates.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Some had seats in the overflow room, while others planned to watch the inauguration from their lawmaker’s office.—
Rachel Schilke,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
20 Jan. 2025
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These new forms of rational approach to the natural world created a surfeit of information often conveyed through equally new modes of visual address.—
Red Cameron,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2025
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Toward the island’s center, explore mountainous terrain cloaked in tea plantations and a surfeit of Buddhist and Hindu temples.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
23 Dec. 2024
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Since around 2020, Chinese auto brands, especially EV manufacturers, have been expanding internationally in search of more revenue as fierce competition and oversupply at home eat into their market share.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune Asia,
25 Nov. 2024
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Therefore, oversupply remains as much of an area of concern for SAF sellers as undersupply remains one for the buyers.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Using computer simulations of general relativity, the team found that the amplitude of the post-merger gravitational-wave signal diminishes over time.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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This increases the amplitude of the orbital motions ‒ meaning how fast and far people are walking in circles.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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