He said the nation had put too much store instead in new tsunami walls and other modern concrete barriers, which the waves easily overwhelmed last month.
Balducci's was so overwhelmed last week that the company's chief executive phoned me from a warehouse where he was pitching in to try to relieve the backlog.
The beleaguered defense, which was physically overwhelmed last week, produced its first shutout since 2001, managing a goal-line stand with the Steelers on the 3-yard line in the fourth quarter.
But everyone around Luck struggles to think of a moment when he has seemed overwhelmed this year.
We have been overwhelmed this week by people wanting to speak out in favour of Catalan independence.
Mr. Murphy, who makes arrangements for pipers to play songs like "Danny Boy" at firefighters' funerals, is overwhelmed this week.
If there is a sports franchise that is well equipped to cope with auxiliary attention, it is the Galaxy, who were overwhelmed six years ago by the arrival of David Beckham.
And like all peace efforts between India and Pakistan, it has been overwhelmed this summer by some of the deadliest fighting in a decade between the nuclear-armed rivals.
During World War I the German cruiser Emden was overwhelmed (1914) by the Australian cruiser Sydney and beached itself on the reefs off North Keeling.
Torre gauges the interest level in a particular series by the volume of ticket requests he receives, and he has been overwhelmed this week.
Comment is free has been overwhelmed this week by the eternal debate regarding free will, and the nature of individuality - not that it has often been explicit.
