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Still, much uncertainty loomed, with the manager remaining wary of overtaxing his bullpen for a potential Game 7 — while also not wanting to squander a chance to end the series in six.

On both occasions, the science demonstrates that humans are overtaxing our oceans' ability to offset climate change.

The United States once enjoyed the finest passenger train systems in the world but let them slip away, while we subsidized interstate highways and airports while overtaxing and over-regulating the railroads.

Soaring demand for cooling — fans, air conditioners, fridges and freezers — is overtaxing electrical grids long beset by war damage, mismanagement or corruption.

There are AC window units in each of the rooms and in the living room, but during the day they use only the unit in the living room to avoid overtaxing the electrical system.