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Recent Examples on the WebVerb
The National Weather Service has forecast spring inflow to be 90% of the average in several waterways in California, and Tulare Lake Basin in the Central Valley is expected to overflow.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
Now Covid numbers may be down, but hospitals continue to overflow.
—Minali Nigam, STAT, 21 Apr. 2023
Flash floods are possible, and rivers could overflow.
—Alan Judd, ajc, 29 Sep. 2022
And allow my heart to overflow.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
Monterey County residents are bracing for yet another onslaught of floodwater as an incoming storm threatens to overflow the Salinas River, imperiling the lives of farmworkers and crops and triggering evacuations.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
Boccaccio said the pond as proposed in the plan appeared too small to handle the amount of water if Clabber Creek were to overflow, and that staff had other outstanding questions about the plan's drainage calculations.
—Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2023
These pools also have a tendency to overflow, poisoning groundwater and killing off fish.
—Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 15 Feb. 2023
But as climate change increases the risk of stronger and more destructive storms — like the one that was battering Northern California on Wednesday — experts and some policymakers are urging another approach: giving rivers room to overflow.
—Raymond Zhong Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
Noun
At the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, hundreds of Trump's most avid supporters were eager to met him in a packed room along with hundreds of others outside in overflow.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
This allows the bubbles to settle and avoids any overflow.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2023
What’s more, the adjustable straps add to support, with no rolling or overflow, whatsoever.
—Courtney Leiva, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
Visitors frequently do not pack out trash, as a result, the two trash cans provided by the county overflow.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2023
Last year, there was only one overflow.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
Eliminating the need for overflow?
—Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
After Ida, New Yorkers filed 4,703 negligence claims against the city for their losses from sewage overflow.
—Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2022
Category 2 is gray water, a mildly contaminated water source akin to a bathtub overflow.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2022
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