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- verb Present participle of
swamp . - noun An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
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Examples
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That provoked at least one commentator to recall Blunkett's use of the emotive term "swamping" nearly a decade ago to describe pressure from asylum seekers to be housed in new accommodation centres on local GP surgeries and schools.
The Guardian World News Alan Travis 2011
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It resonated with the orb's magical signature, and Kamahl knew he had found the source of the magical call swamping his senses.
Odyssey Moore, Vance 2001
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It resonated with the orb's magical signature, and Kamahl knew he had found the source of the magical call swamping his senses.
Odyssey Moore, Vance 2001
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Bone-chilling conditions prompted distress calls swamping customer service representatives on Friday, Jan. 16, at the AAA Call Center, just south of downtown Dayton.
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Europe and Asia have created "booming capital flows" that are "swamping" some markets,
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‘Labour colluded with anti-asylum sentiment to such a degree that even when they did get control of the system and numbers fell fast, they kept tightening the screw, which implied "swamping" was in progress.’
Swamp Thing Laban 2005
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‘Labour colluded with anti-asylum sentiment to such a degree that even when they did get control of the system and numbers fell fast, they kept tightening the screw, which implied "swamping" was in progress.’
Archive 2005-05-01 Laban 2005
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However you cut it, I'm not "swamping" any ERs anywhere with a dozen patients a month.
How to Really Piss Me Off 1 Dinosaur 2007
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Britain's Labour government, for example, quickly promoted hard-line legislation designed to crack down on asylum seekers who were, in the words of one minister, "swamping" schools and doctors 'offices.
The Fear Factor 2007
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Anyway, one day this year, I was in the my music room and I'm kind of swamping out on a cool guitar and getting kind of that Creedency vibe going.
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