swamping

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

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

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

Bone-chilling conditions prompted distress calls swamping customer service representatives on Friday, Jan. 16, at the AAA Call Center, just south of downtown Dayton.

daytondailynews.com - News 2009

Europe and Asia have created "booming capital flows" that are "swamping" some markets,

Foreign Cash Boosts Hong Kong Assets 2009

‘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

‘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

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

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

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.

Healing Old Hostilities: John Fogerty's 'Revival' 2007