overburden
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In the end, some 125 took the offer, threatening to overburden a corps already struggling to inspect even a sliver of the nation’s 130,000 licensed firearms dealers.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
But critics counter that a potential 50% jump in property-tax bills, even phased in over five years as envisioned, would overburden residents already feeling higher prices for groceries, gas and other essentials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
It says the overburden mounds were constructed to an approved design in compliance with regulations and had been monitored by a specialist.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
The bankruptcy trustee alleged the producers and Lemonis worked to divide the business owners and overburden the company with debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
“We cannot overburden our pack animals; the Princess Eilonwy and Gurgi will share our own horses.”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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He occasionally overburdens the reader with minutiae of political and organizational rivalries and is more workman than stylist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
This simultaneously overburdens and disempowers the lower courts.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2025
That means tools such as vaccines will be prioritized; but in countries where dengue is endemic, the rainy season completely overburdens their health systems and what they desperately need are treatments, said Crockett.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023
Laura Cantrell is an emphatic single-syllable rhymer, a classic-minded country singer who never overburdens a song: Her last album was a collection of Kitty Wells covers, and that’s about as contemporary as her tastes run.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2014
The chocolate is so rich that it soon overburdens some of the organs of digestion, especially the liver.
From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.
The industry went through a difficult time in the 2010s because of overburdened balance sheets, and now many companies are staying lean to be flexible for the future.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Still, she added, for the overburdened court system, “It’s a game changer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
The underlying rationale for corporate tax cuts has long been that American businesses were overburdened by taxes compared with their overseas colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
People’s lives are overburdened enough or they simply find the news too upsetting.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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While the higher price may reduce sales, she says she is considering making small adjustments, cutting costs, improving efficiency and exploring alternative markets to stay competitive without overburdening her customers.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
As an advocate for better food in schools and hospitals, she sees her love of “cheats” as a tool to help institutions create better meals without overburdening their staff.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
Its creators wanted to avoid overburdening the Weather Service’s computing system, so it does not include as many variables as a private company’s proprietary one might, he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“We’re going to see an overburdening of our health and social systems,” Aranda said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
They were also to adjust matters, when possible, so as to avoid overburdening the church or its pastor and teacher with trivial business.
From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise