overcrowding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Daily capacity has been reduced from 68,500 to 66,000 to avoid overcrowding too - although no attendance on the first three days in 2025 topped 56,000.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Overzealous security guards, higher prices and overcrowding at parties also alienated longtime fans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Detention facilities are seeing more overcrowding and understaffing as the Trump administration ramps up enforcement in the interior of the country, experts said.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
Nayna Gupta, policy director at the US-based nonprofit that has raised overcrowding and health issues in existing ICE facilities, said commercial warehouses cannot safely house detainees.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
A minute later the overcrowding atop the Step intensified further as Makalu Gau, Ang Dorje, and several other Sherpas came up the rope, followed by Doug Hansen and Scott Fischer.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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