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overburden

verb as in overload

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However, opponents said the proposals risked overburdening already stretched services.

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California’s high concentration of rehab facilities and large population continue to make it a magnet for operators hoping to be overlooked by overburdened regulators.

Drug companies launched these discount sites for uninsured patients years ago, hoping to foster the impression that they cared about patients overburdened by their list prices.

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People’s lives are overburdened enough or they simply find the news too upsetting.

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With more than a million cases pending, it is among the most overburdened courts in the country.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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