overtax
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Data centers that blend into their communities and don’t overtax local resources actually exist, they just don’t make news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The heavy rains and floods also forced Formula One to cancel this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix to not overtax emergency crews that were already stretched thin in responding to the emergency.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023
Why overtax the stamina of theatergoers who are still getting back into the habit of leaving their homes for entertainment?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Vira’s contemporary version is galouti kebab, lamb seasoned with star anise and other warm spices and mashed so as not to overtax the jaw.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022
As he passed, he actually glanced anxiously toward Sally, as if worried lest the girl overtax herself.
From Guilt of the Brass Thieves by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
She never looks less than perfectly photoshopped, but the production ultimately overtaxes her strengths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
Venable distills his situation into a scene, which he then overtaxes into a full-scale play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Putting pencil to paper forces people to give spatial information—something that most liars have not prepared for as part of planning their lies and that, therefore, overtaxes their mental resources.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2011
They see attentiveness being killed by the dull or incomprehensible textbook, and by the lock-step teaching that bores the bright and overtaxes the dull.
From Time Magazine Archive
The symptoms referred to are frequently the results of nervous exhaustion, resulting from overstudy, worry, eye strain, or some other condition that overtaxes the nervous system.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
The ship has experienced sewage problems, and sailors are overtaxed and some are even considering leaving the Navy after returning home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
But on a few days each year—particularly during heat waves, when people are using air conditioners—the grid gets overtaxed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
Finally, the resistance is not being waged only by the small, under-resourced, and overtaxed yet committed group of activists who have been sounding the alarm and fighting the fight in lonely trenches for years.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
The mandate for Disney’s studios “to support both the theatrical window and Disney+ has overtaxed their creative engine,” Creutz, the analyst, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
It’s critical that we stay within the weight limit, or our oxen will be overtaxed.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
Any reform plan from a committee would still require lawmakers to cast a difficult vote exposing them to charges of overtaxing working Americans or stiffing retirees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Still, much uncertainty loomed, with the manager remaining wary of overtaxing his bullpen for a potential Game 7 — while also not wanting to squander a chance to end the series in six.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
On both occasions, the science demonstrates that humans are overtaxing our oceans' ability to offset climate change.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
But now Washington will hope Williams can provide a similar service, especially after their starters made a habit out of overtaxing the bullpen.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
In the education journals of the day, there were constant worries about overtaxing students or blunting their natural abilities through too much schoolwork.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
