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as in knee-deep
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as in flooded
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as in engulfed
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 overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations
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Recent Examples of swamped
Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Parents of school-age kids tend to be swamped with extracurriculars in the evenings or sports practice on weekends.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
Back in classes, arranging speech therapy for Jayden and planning a service at the seminary chapel, Rochelle was swamped.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Torrential rain bands have swamped Haiti and the Dominican Republic for much of the week, causing flooding and triggering landslides.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
The opening of Sylhet’s air cargo operations has also freed up space in Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), which had gotten so swamped in recent years that Bangladeshi exporters elected to use the transshipment option to fly goods out of India’s airports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
In 1999 and 2000, new offerings swamped the market's ability to absorb it, cutting off the flow of IPO proceeds to Internet companies that were meant to be the revenues of bigger tech companies.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Piastri jumped the start, then got swamped on the grid after his anti-stall system kicked in.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Day four felt like a call-to-action that challenged long-standing Eurocentric beauty ideals that have swamped the fashion industry.
—Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
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She has been swamped with offers, but this one felt right.
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Parts of Riviera Circle were submerged under knee-deep water, making high-profile vehicles the safest way to navigate the neighborhood.—
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David Ward labored to haul a hoop net toward the middle of the Little Colorado River in mid-May, each step requiring him to lunge upward and forward to free a leg from the knee-deep mud of the riverbed.—
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When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.—
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The driver was safely rescued, but their vehicle will stay in the flooded roadway, between the road closures, until the water subsides.—
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Cuomo sought to replace New York Mayor Eric Adams, who never stepped down despite being indicted – with charges later dropped – in a corruption case that engulfed much of his administration.—
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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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Those bold trunks of synapses, instead of the sleek connections most people have, mean that Kaylie can be overwhelmed by the flood of input coming her way.—
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Indiana overwhelmed Alabama 38-3 in the Rose Bowl as Mendoza passed for 192 yards and three touchdowns.—
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Sharif’s fate in the 1948 segment should not be revealed when discussing Dabis’ film, which then moves forward 30 years, with the adult Salim (Saleh Bakri) married to Hanan in the occupied West Bank.—
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Remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions, or stay near occupied lifeguard towers.—
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Guests can also experience a virtual reality tour of the Titanic that takes them deep into the sea to look at the submerged vessel for a $10 add-on.—
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Fishermen in the Florida Keys found a submerged jar containing bones and other items early Friday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.—
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Though not every gallery has reopened since hurricanes devastated the island, the community brought back the Matlacha Art Walk in 2025.—
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There had been an influx of increasingly cataclysmal news out of Gaza, and Ben Hania made efforts to stay as informed as possible, but Hind’s innocent voice devastated her anew.—
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Visiting the restaurant has become an expression of the purest form of Panthers fandom — and that’s helped make this week quite busy ahead of the Panthers’ first home playoff game in 10 years.—
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Those who remain are concentrated in Venezuela’s cities, including its capital, Caracas, where the street market in the Catia neighborhood once was so busy that shoppers bumped into one another and dodged oncoming traffic.—
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“Swamped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamped. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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