overloaded

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If LRP1 binds amyloid-β too strongly, the transport machinery becomes overloaded and breaks down.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

The Navy has four shipyards that service its nuclear fleet, and the two that service aircraft carriers are overloaded.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

He has kidney stones and is often in excruciating pain, but has been waiting more than a year for surgery because hospitals are overloaded and lack basic medicines.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

The system is certainly chronically overloaded, with some of the longest-running trials in the EU.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Have you ever walked into an overloaded porta-potty?

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri