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has overwhelmed

  • present perfect of overwhelm (3rd person singular).

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The result has been a huge export push that has overwhelmed foreign manufacturers from Germany to Indonesia who can’t compete with the flood of Chinese goods, straining trade relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Devastating flooding has overwhelmed southern Thailand this week, particularly in Hat Yai, near the border with Malaysia, where large areas were submerged, pushing residents to seek shelter on rooftops.

From Barron's Nov. 28, 2025

After two years of record rainfall in Los Angeles, the California native habitat has overwhelmed the front yard.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

Experts say the reality is more complicated, given the scale of devastation that has overwhelmed and badly damaged Gaza’s hospital system.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2024

Naturally, therefore, at the close we are in some danger of forgetting that the storm which has overwhelmed him was liberated by his own deed.

From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)