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Data centers that blend into their communities and don’t overtax local resources actually exist, they just don’t make news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We never try to overtax the player,” says Michael Borys, senior vice president of interaction design.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

The heavy rains and floods also forced Formula One to cancel this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix to not overtax emergency crews that were already stretched thin in responding to the emergency.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023

Their innovative approach to pitching led them to overtax pitchers and deploy their best arms in unconventional ways that diminished their abilities rather than amplifying them.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2021

One can overtax a mill site by confining larger and larger amounts of capital within a given area.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by John Bates Clark

She never looks less than perfectly photoshopped, but the production ultimately overtaxes her strengths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

Venable distills his situation into a scene, which he then overtaxes into a full-scale play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

Putting pencil to paper forces people to give spatial information—something that most liars have not prepared for as part of planning their lies and that, therefore, overtaxes their mental resources.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2011

It creates a phenomenal burden to mass consumption and distribution, overtaxes the wage earner, favors the large and long-established industries while sterilizing the young and aggressive ones.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nothing overtaxes the credulity of considerable elements in our population.

From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins

I think in my testing I overtaxed the battery by relying on the Boost too much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

But on a few days each year—particularly during heat waves, when people are using air conditioners—the grid gets overtaxed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

Former State Fire Marshal Ruben Grijalva has similar concerns about enforcement, given that inspectors are already overtaxed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025

Finally, the resistance is not being waged only by the small, under-resourced, and overtaxed yet committed group of activists who have been sounding the alarm and fighting the fight in lonely trenches for years.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

In fact, every Muslim worried that he overtaxed himself in the length of his speeches, considering his bronchial asthmatic condition.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Nvidia also “risks overtaxing its balance sheet,” Goldberg said, pointing to about $250 billion in commitments it made in the last quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Any reform plan from a committee would still require lawmakers to cast a difficult vote exposing them to charges of overtaxing working Americans or stiffing retirees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 9, 2024

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.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

"I hope my sister is not overtaxing her strength, so soon after her illness. It would be a great pity if she were to suffer a relapse."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin