1.   Earlier this year, AOL suffered a public-relations nightmare when its network was overwhelmed by customer demand.

2.   Experts say that is likely to overwhelm a network of animal sanctuaries across the state.

3.   He once retaliated against customers who complained by overwhelming their networks with e-mail, the court papers said.

4.   The downside is that video transmissions can quickly overwhelm traditional networks.

5.   Switzerland strictly restricts foreign trucking in general to keep its road and tunnel network from being overwhelmed.

6.   The original virus overwhelmed networks and burrowed into computer hard drives, destroying files containing precious photos and video.

7.   The runoff from torrential rains that started Friday night overwhelmed a network of rivers in Jakarta, paralyzing the capital.

8.   When a small Internet service provider called Cloud Nine Communications Ltd. crashed to earth, it blamed hackers for overwhelming its networks with bogus traffic.