overworked
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We’d hang out in the Goldilocks Zone, far enough away from home to avoid nagging responsibilities but close enough to sell to my overworked parents.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
But for many employees, continually encountering a barrage of nascent, foreign and constantly changing tools has left them feeling overwhelmed and overworked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
People with asthma and other respiratory conditions face serious health risks under reduced and overworked health services.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
She expanded her audience when in 1980 she played an overworked, underappreciated secretary alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in “9 to 5.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s a relief when one of the ten or so men on the stage orders us to stand and start singing, because the folding chair is torturing my overworked back.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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