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Recent Examples of overdose
West Virginia's drug overdose mortality rate was much higher than the national average of 31.51 per 100,000 people, with 1,377 total overdose deaths reported in the state in 2023.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
That policy, implemented in 2023 by former Sheriff Paul Penzone, came in response to rising in-custody overdose deaths and the arrest of an officer on suspicion of smuggling fentanyl and methamphetamine into the Lower Buckeye Jail.
—Jimmy Jenkins, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
Today, however, the virus has been replaced by drug overdoses and cardiovascular disease as the main causes driving down average lifespans.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Later that year, her brother died of a drug overdose at age 26.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 9 July 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
That policy, implemented in 2023 by former Sheriff Paul Penzone, came in response to rising in-custody overdose deaths and the arrest of an officer on suspicion of smuggling fentanyl and methamphetamine into the Lower Buckeye Jail.
—Jimmy Jenkins, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
Today, however, the virus has been replaced by drug overdoses and cardiovascular disease as the main causes driving down average lifespans.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Later that year, her brother died of a drug overdose at age 26.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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Non-distillers like KBD and Preservation followed suit, bottling well-aged surplus stocks for markets that wanted old American whiskey.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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An earlier regulation that introduced import quotas faced criticism and revisions for blurring the line between essential supply chain items and surplus imports.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
14 July 2025
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Her book, like her performances, lives in the productive tension between discipline and excess.—
Matthew Clark Davison,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Once considered a watchdog for the excesses of union leadership, the Teamsters for a Democratic Union mostly now follows O’Brien.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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Part Rambo, part Aliens, Predator features the kind of glorious Reagan-era overkill typical of its blockbuster age, marrying shoot-’em-up spectacle to an ingenious narrative hook.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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Mindful of potential overkill, or of drowning out Simon’s fragile voice, the collective let the arrangements breathe and valued the spaces between notes.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Away from the icy protocol of the main courtroom, the overflow room was unruly.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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The consensus in the overflow room was that Jane was not as strong a trafficking witness for the prosecution as Ventura.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Washington now has a surfeit of shooting guards with C.J. McCollum, Marcus Smart and Bub Carrington, but trades will likely have that worked out that by midseason. 7.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Panthers general manager Bob Clarke, president Bill Torrey and coach Roger Neilson knew there wouldn’t be a surfeit of offensive talent in the expansion draft.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2025
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That’s because project delays and sanctions have the potential to decrease any anticipated level of oversupply.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Recession fears and oversupply concerns fueled the slide in oil prices, with OPEC+ agreeing to boost production by 410,000 barrels per day in June .—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
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Only the amplitude of stimulation, measured in volts, is typically adjusted to accommodate individual tolerances or symptom severity.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 June 2025
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Lightning creates a continuing current with durations ranging from tens to hundreds of milliseconds and exhibit amplitudes from several tens to a few hundreds of amperes.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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