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
The tips - known as overburden mounds - contain 37 million cubic metres of material removed while the opencast mine was operating.
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 general absence of a distinct aim sharpens the faculties in the keen pursuit of details, and lends an importance to trifles which overburdens at every turn the responsibility borne by the nerves.
From Don Orsino by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Dale Spence, the director of the Royal College of Midwives in Northern Ireland, said to provide the care that women deserve, more midwives were required and that those who are working are feeling overburdened.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“I know what it’s like to feel neglected by an overburdened system, and I know how difficult transitioning to adult life and seeking higher education can be,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
The overburdened sergeant rarely gets more than two hours of uninterrupted sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
My mother told me that that could not be, that Granny was already overburdened with looking after herself and her other children and could not afford to take us in.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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However, opponents said the proposals risked overburdening already stretched services.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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
In this way the individual suffering with tuberculosis is assured of an efficient diet to meet the needs of the body without overburdening the digestive apparatus or overtaxing the excretory organs.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
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