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overcrowding

/ ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪŋ /

noun

a state of being filled with more people or things than is desirable; congestion

Hours of delays, EMTs called in to treat those passing out from overcrowding.

In 1989, dozens of soccer fans were crushed to death due to overcrowding in a South Yorkshire stadium.

“The big issues are overcrowding, lack of running water, and lack of sanitation,” said Cole.

More deaths on Everest underscore its problems with overcrowding and unstable weather and geography, writes Nick Heil.

If overcrowding was also part of their calculus, there was no mention of it on the site.

The health of villagers, notwithstanding the pure air, is often prejudiced by the overcrowding of cottages.

In some instances, this meant overcrowding so serious as to threaten morals and health.

In this way the league tried to reduce overcrowding and extortionate rentals.

A society has been formed, I see, to agitate against this overcrowding; but it seems to me it will only waste its pains.

Notwithstanding their hard life the people are cheerful and fairly well off, for polyandry has prevented overcrowding.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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