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Recent Examples of overtax
Now, a year later to the day, she’s been fighting relentless fevers above 104 degrees for nearly a month; her liver’s overtaxed, and her body’s too immunocompromised to ward off a virus on its own.
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
And as public opinion on both military action in Iran and the state of the economy continues to sour, a vote for more military spending might well overtax any remaining goodwill of voters and members of Congress alike.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
For many reasons Texans are overtaxed as witnessed by the governor claiming surpluses.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The people of the state have essentially been overtaxed by that much.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
And as public opinion on both military action in Iran and the state of the economy continues to sour, a vote for more military spending might well overtax any remaining goodwill of voters and members of Congress alike.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
For many reasons Texans are overtaxed as witnessed by the governor claiming surpluses.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The people of the state have essentially been overtaxed by that much.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtax
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Plugging those items into a standard strip can overload the device and create a fire hazard.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
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By involving engineering, operations, security and product teams, organizations can identify hidden risks early without leaving reliability only to overloaded SRE teams after incidents occur.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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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.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
1 June 2026
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At times, the accumulation of events threatens to overburden the play.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Roberts thought Sheehan’s second-inning pitch count had become too taxing for a pitcher who returned from Tommy John surgery less than a year ago.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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In two days, the Legislature largely went along with a plan for dramatically slashing taxes on a homeowner’s primary residence, a primary source to run all 67 counties, 411 cities and more than 2,000 single-purpose special taxing districts.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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Trump has often alleged rampant voter fraud that has hampered Republicans’ success, and his base has largely accepted these sentiments to be true, despite no evidence backing up his accusations.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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Covid pandemic-era border closures hampered exchange between the two sides and later, Pyongyang grew closer to Moscow, deploying what are believed to be thousands of soldiers to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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