overdose

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Recent Examples of overdose The rate of overdose deaths linked to IMFs has remained relatively stable over the past three years in most parts of the country; they were detected in roughly 70 percent to 80 percent of overdose deaths between 2021 and 2024 in the Northeast, Midwest and South. Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024 The Met has ruled Ambassador Jun Chen’s death a heroin overdose, but his colleagues are very skeptical. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024 Thirty days later, Florida emergency room prescription opioid overdoses plummeted. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024 His younger brother Lapo, an eccentric playboy and fashionista, nearly died from a drug overdose in 2005. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overdose 
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Noun
  • Austria, known for its use of hydroelectric power, offers an ideal environment for leveraging surplus renewable energy, and a pilot project to use bitcoin mining to help with grid stability is underway between the Austrian Power Grid and 21Energy.
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Van Winkle Whiskey Collection is back, and this year’s release includes an unusual surplus of 20-Year-Old and 23-Year-Old Family Reserve Bourbons.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • There’s no separating this excess of narrative from the glut of Squid Game derivatives we’ve been sold over the past three years.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Nike is now dealing with an excess of inventory from sales slowdowns as consumers turn to newer styles from other brands.
    Merritt Enright, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The scene repeats the joke too many times at the end, but the joy of watching Yang get sprayed in the face by a hose makes up for a bit of comic overkill.
    Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In the wake of the presidential election this month, the validity or not of the word Latinx was again brought up, but all the handwringing and dramatic reaction feels like overkill.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Sewer overflows caused by clogs can contaminate local waterways, affecting wildlife and public health.
    Earl Foster, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Those who want dinner need to arrive by 5 p.m. Women utilizing the winter contingency overflow will be required to leave the facility by a.m. daily.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the living room, on the lower floor, a contemporary Ashley Hicks chandelier illuminates a circa 1920 Japanese lacquered table and an array of plush seating in varied materials and colors—all surrounded by a surfeit of art and objects made across five centuries and nearly as many continents.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This deference has endured over the decades, despite skyrocketing coaching salaries and sports stadium surfeit that critics say is at odds with higher education’s raison d’être.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Globally, demand in the sector remains subdued due to oversupplies in the European market as well as high inventory levels in China.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • An oversupply of prescription opioid pain medication followed in the mid-1990s, exposing millions of Americans to the drugs.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The number of fans at Swift's shows and the strength of their jumping and cheering will help determine the amplitude of a Tayquake here, Gong said.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In REM sleep, brain waves are low in amplitude and relatively fast, and the eye movements are rapid, too.
    Beth Ann Malow, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2024

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