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Recent Examples of overdose
The death of American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky may have been the result of a drug overdose, and it is being investigated as a possible suicide, according to a police report released Thursday.
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Jake Lubbehusen, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
After her fatal overdose in 1974, the custody transferred to her parents.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
By 2023, the deadliest year for this group, 193 people died from this type of overdose ― a threefold rise.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Jakob was just 11 months old when his dad died of an accidental heroin overdose in 1996.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jake Lubbehusen, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
After her fatal overdose in 1974, the custody transferred to her parents.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
By 2023, the deadliest year for this group, 193 people died from this type of overdose ― a threefold rise.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Jakob was just 11 months old when his dad died of an accidental heroin overdose in 1996.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Despite the early playoff exit, Boston's future looks bright, with the team boasting a surplus of talented young players, including Roman Anthony.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The school had a surplus of some items — like dozens of conga drums found in an instrument inventory, still wrapped in plastic — and a shortage of others, like student textbooks.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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During winter months when water demand is low, the city would have to store the excess in either a reservoir or some kind of storage basin.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Millions remain far from liberated from economic pressure, and few of us feel burdened by an excess of free time.—
Arianna Huffington,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Is lighting your fire with a blowtorch overkill?—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
11 Oct. 2025
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Annual exams may be overkill for some young adults with no signs of vision problems.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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Officials at the Water Reclamation Authority are pursuing new goals after the utility was officially released last year from a pair of longstanding legal agreements that required the utility to address sewer overflows, leading to major investments across the system.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Both the 350-person main sanctuary and 60-person overflow room were filled at the church, a few blocks from where the collision killed Andrew Olsen and injured his two siblings in the Lake Murray area of San Diego Monday morning.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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From a surfeit of forwards, the Mavs are glaringly lacking in guards.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the nuns could be transformed into spa therapists at a wellness retreat and the toxin explained away as a surfeit of matcha.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The sell off comes as oil prices hit a 4-month low due to concerns about oversupply in the market.—
Adrian van Hauwermeiren,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the boom in solar has reshaped India’s energy sector, a daytime oversupply — and insufficient batteries to store the excess power — has brought midday prices down to zero, sparking fears of cooling investor interest.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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What would the amplitude of those gravitational wave fluctuations be?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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As a person sleeps, this synchrony grows, producing brain waves that are lower in frequency and higher in amplitude.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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