overtax
Example Sentences
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Within just a few years, California endured its driest three-year period on record and its hottest September in history — a brutal summer month that nearly broke the state’s overtaxed electric grid.
From Los Angeles Times
Health care contractors brought in from other hospitals quickly familiarized themselves with a new environment as they rushed to ease the load of the overtaxed staff.
From Seattle Times
Crews, it said, “remain overtaxed” by an increasingly untenable operations tempo.
From Los Angeles Times
But Wilson declined to say whether the Afghan air force, beleaguered and overtaxed in its battle with militants, could be tapped to help extract interpreters from Taliban-dominated regions.
From Washington Post
“Democrats have overtaxed Virginians,” states a layout of his plan shared with The Washington Times.
From Washington Times
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