overburden

Example Sentences

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The campaign, alternately nicknamed Operation Overload or Operation Matryoshka, after Russian nesting dolls, used email accounts and social media profiles on X to blast already overburdened disinformation experts with frivolous requests to debunk content.

From New York Times

To avoid already overburdened state treatment programs, the veterans diversion offers treatment through underutilized U.S.

From Seattle Times

They said they were worried that the government was overburdening smaller property owners who rely on the rent to pay their bills.

From Los Angeles Times

The case has raised uncomfortable questions about whether France’s justice system fully grasped how dangerous the inmate was and if its overburdened prisons had played a role.

From New York Times

Yet the more you can educate yourself about your loved one’s illness — and find practical and emotional support — the less likely you are to feel overburdened, Haley said.

From Seattle Times