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

Override foes said a hefty property tax jump would overburden residents, particularly seniors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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

Even so, to overburden a few food metaphors, there are a lot of flavors at play in Healy’s poignant, surreal family drama.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 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

In conferring grades and passing examinations, it arranges and overburdens the school program of study; hence, it incites in others what it practices at home, the over-training of youth, and a factitious, hot-house education.

From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Durand, John

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

On the other hand, technology has already overburdened us with too many stressors and microtasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

In recent years, overburdened staff spent spending 20 to 30 hours a week looking for fakes, said President Meridith Randall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026

People’s lives are overburdened enough or they simply find the news too upsetting.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025

Mistress MacGregor was not a bad woman, just an overburdened one.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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

He said $1.35 billion comes close to the city’s need while not overburdening people on fixed incomes.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 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

Had the duel been fought upon the usual conditions, he could have aimed at my leg, wounded me slightly, and in such wise gratified his vengeance without overburdening his conscience.

From A Hero of Our Time by Wisdom, J. H.