overburden

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

They won’t overburden him the way the Angels have, or the way many other teams would.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

I helped my parents carry their tools, and they walked ahead so straight, each carrying a basket or a hoe not to overburden me, their tears falling privately.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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 R. L. Alsaker

In the 1980s, working-class people of color were stopping big public projects that they said would have brought crime and pollution to neighborhoods already overburdened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

He said the government was "passing the buck to overstretched schools and overburdened teachers", adding that they were being asked to adapt without clear expectations of what an inclusive school must provide.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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

I knew it was but the result of an overburdened spirit, but the following night I had the same dream.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

It is commonly known, for instance, that high-livers, as they are called, are likely to be troubled with diseases like indigestion, rheumatism, or gout,—diseases which are the result of overburdening those organs just mentioned.

From Rural Hygiene by Henry N. (Henry Neely) Ogden