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
“We never try to overtax the player,” says Michael Borys, senior vice president of interaction design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
What I took most from last season is not wanting to overtax our starters.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
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
I am sure you will do all you can, but you would soon overtax your strength.
From Won from the Waves by John B. Greene
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
New York is not the only U. S. city that cruelly overtaxes its real estate.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a poor husbandman who so overtaxes his fields or vineyards as to exhaust the soil or destroy the vine.
From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis
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
When the overtaxed systems lost pressure, fire hydrants ran dry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
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
Gov. Gavin Newsom has demanded an investigation as to why the hydrants ran dry, which officials say occurred as water supplies were overtaxed.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025
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
On both occasions, the science demonstrates that humans are overtaxing our oceans' ability to offset climate change.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
To successfully ramp up Californians’ reliance on electric vehicles over the next decade without overtaxing the state’s power grid, more drivers will need to charge their cars during the day, a Stanford study has found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
But in the Philippines, government officials and parents remained hesitant, with fears that schoolchildren could bring the virus to homes crowded with multiple generations of family members, potentially overtaxing an already creaky health care system.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
"I hope my sister is not overtaxing her strength, so soon after her illness. It would be a great pity if she were to suffer a relapse."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
