as in to overload
to fill or load to excess
it is important that you bring on the hike plenty of food and water, but don't overburden your pack with unnecessary gear
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Without spoiling where the Grace story is going, the new episodes acknowledge what happened without overburdening our hero or his friends with her actions, and then move onto other things as quickly as possible.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Initiatives such as these don’t just get kids safely to school without overburdening parents and neighborhoods.
—Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
Vance, in the July 9 hearing, said immigrants were overburdening the city services and housing.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2024
Gaby Pitts, president of the local chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, worried at first that changes in how buyer-agents got paid could overburden her Latino clients, many of whom are first-time homebuyers.
—Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Initiatives such as these don’t just get kids safely to school without overburdening parents and neighborhoods.
—Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
Vance, in the July 9 hearing, said immigrants were overburdening the city services and housing.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2024
Gaby Pitts, president of the local chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, worried at first that changes in how buyer-agents got paid could overburden her Latino clients, many of whom are first-time homebuyers.
—Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburden. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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