overtax
Example Sentences
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“We never try to overtax the player,” says Michael Borys, senior vice president of interaction design.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023
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
Because a labor dispute led to an abbreviated spring training, Showalter has been careful, trying not to overtax his bullpen early.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2022
However, experts believe it will overtax America's health care system because it will infect so many people, some of whom will inevitably become seriously ill.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021
They feared, they said, a great central power which should oppress and overtax the people of the States.
From The Ifs of History by Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.