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Word: overwhelmingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...with all his might this winter and spring. Everything else is for him a side show. But if he can destroy Britain, he and his friends will have won the basis of world domination. But this time he is going to concentrate on the sea. He has failed to overwhelm us in the air and we are sure that he will continue to fail, while with your help our power to hit back with our bombers will steadily increase. But he is building submarines and long-distance planes with all his might and main with which to bomb the convoys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany Against The World: Lothian to the U.S. | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

...contains only ashes. "How easy," he cries, "it is for unthinking people to proclaim that what happens in Europe is no concern of theirs. . . . How easy to shut one's eyes and thus seek to avoid the horrid sight of the bloody and seething world revolution which threatens to overwhelm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. CROMWELL ROLLS HIS OWN | 3/20/1940 | See Source »

...Freshmen Overwhelm Dean...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: LION FIVE LOSES TO VARSITY 38-35, IN CLOSE FINISH | 2/23/1940 | See Source »

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