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Word: overwhelmingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Whether or not the Kremlin was preparing to take almost defenseless Bessarabia from Rumania like candy from a baby, and regardless of how much truth lay behind sensational reports of joint action in the Near East being contemplated by Russia and Turkey to overwhelm Syria, Palestine and Iraq, it remained an arresting fact that in Moscow the official tone was markedly anti-British, anti-French and pro-German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Stalin Shackles | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...Crimson never-say-die spirit which cropped up in the eighth and again in the tenth inning of the Harvard-Columbia baseball game Saturday afternoon at draughty Baker Field, and produced a heart-warming victory for the Stablmen, as they rose to overwhelm the Lions...

Author: By Theodore R. Barnett, | Title: CRIMSON DEFEATS LION NINE 11 TO 3 | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

Till bankruptey and weather overwhelm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Critic Finds 'Sound Supplants Sense' in Work of Hillyer, Boylston Professor | 1/21/1938 | See Source »

This was no easy task. But the performance of the team against Clemson and Columbia showed how well it had been done, as Army triumphed 21-6 and 21-18. The team slumped against Yale to lose 15-7, but came back a week later to overwhelm Washington University of St. Louis 46-7, and went on to down Virginia Military Institute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Reigns as Favorite Over Army Despite Injuries to Key Backfield Men | 11/6/1937 | See Source »

...third-string haltback named Dick Cassiano scored four touchdown to help Pitt overwhelm Ohio Wesleyan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kickoff | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

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