overtax
Example Sentences
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We can’t start to eliminate the deficit by raising the regressive payroll tax on the back of already overtaxed wage earners.
From MarketWatch
She never looks less than perfectly photoshopped, but the production ultimately overtaxes her strengths.
From Los Angeles Times
That toll includes Muslims, Christians, soldiers, civilians and government officials, killed by terrorists, herdsmen, vigilantes, forest-dwelling kidnapping gangs, pirates off the coast, and Nigeria’s own overtaxed military.
But on a few days each year—particularly during heat waves, when people are using air conditioners—the grid gets overtaxed.
From Barron's
Venable distills his situation into a scene, which he then overtaxes into a full-scale play.
From Los Angeles Times
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