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as in to flood
to cover with a flood
the boat was swamped by the huge wave has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation
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as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations
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as in pickle
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp
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Recent Examples of swamp
Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
But now Starbucks is closing urban locations in part because it’s been swamped by competition from niche coffee shops, smaller chains such as Gregory’s and Joe’s Coffee, and a wave of smoothie, bubble tea and other beverage shops.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The search for a missing 68-year-old woman came to a tragic conclusion when her body was found at the bottom of a Sampson County swamp, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
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Verb
On current trends, South Korea’s population will fall two-thirds in the next century, despite moderately successful efforts to boost births; those efforts are utterly swamped by structural factors discouraging parenthood, Works in Progress reported.
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Lowest since the first man to crawl out of the swamp hosed himself off.
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The post was flooded with support from both fans and celebrities.—
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Beijing will keep trying to export its way out, flooding global markets—an approach that most trading partners may absorb this year but won’t tolerate forever.—
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Duncyte, the master’s student from Lithuania, said she was immediately overwhelmed by Colorado’s beauty and wildlife.—
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Families will drop their plans, get sicker and even die without essential treatment, and hospitals will be overwhelmed with untreated people coming to the emergency room.—
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Those windmills stood on mud and marshes amid samphire and pink thrift flowers, the only warm glow around our house.—
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From massive tarpons in the Gulf to record-breaking redfish hiding in the marsh, the island boasts access to more than 280 species of fish and year-round angling.—
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UConn fan Bryan Penfield challenged fans to drink the pickle juice-electrolyte drink and make a donation to the Husky Ticket Project.—
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Its love interest is a pickle salesman—utterly charming!—
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Witnesses described scenes of panic as flames spread rapidly through the basement level before engulfing the upper floor.—
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Almost exactly a year ago, another rock-era institution — the 111-year-old Morrison Hotel, featured on the cover of the Doors’ fifth studio album — was engulfed in flames after a series of smaller fires.—
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Samsung says these structural improvements allow the HP5 to overcome traditional low-light limitations.—
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Vance’s second biggest battle is overcoming political history, which statistically does not favor incumbent vice presidents’ chances of winning the White House.—
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The drought has also set the stage for devastating wildfires in Brazil that have destroyed huge swaths of the Amazon as well as the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands, and choked cities in thick smoke.—
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After the water leaves the wetlands, it’s directed into the reservoir, then sent to TRWD’s municipal customers for final treatment.—
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This year, however, my predicament has grown more urgent.—
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Owner’s Jail, to put it nicely, is the predicament of NFL fans whose team is owned by someone whose stewardship does not inspire great optimism.—
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“Swamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamp. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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