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  • I realize part of gun nut fun is trying new things, but this kind of cartridge over-loading is lost on me.

    Lazz Loads: The Short Magnums 2008

  • A sentence or two of carefully chosen words create the picture of a character or a setting in our minds, without ever over-loading the tolerance of description-averse readers like myself.

    Archive 2009-05-31 Janet Ursel 2009

  • A sentence or two of carefully chosen words create the picture of a character or a setting in our minds, without ever over-loading the tolerance of description-averse readers like myself.

    The Company - a book review Janet Ursel 2009

  • April 28th, 2006 at 9: 43 am james risser says: thanks wayne! yes, my brain is over-loading trying to keep up-to-date with the scandals, the war-crimes, and the deviousness of this crew …

    Think Progress » Karl Rove “now more worried, 2006

  • Subsidies for agriculture foster over-loading of croplands, leading to erosion of topsoil, pollution from synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and release of greenhouse gases.

    Perverse subsidies 2007

  • We make no apologies for over-loading our list in this way, because as it happened, 2006 saw some outstanding films by Italian filmmakers released on DVD.

    VIDEO WATCHDOG's Favorite DVDs of 2006 - Part 1 2006

  • We make no apologies for over-loading our list in this way, because as it happened, 2006 saw some outstanding films by Italian filmmakers released on DVD.

    Archive 2006-12-17 2006

  • As you can watch the videos of it, it just started over-loading each floor and as it got to the bottom, it appears to me that it just went in numerous directions.

    CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2001 2001

  • Vehicles would also have their tyres, lights, brakes, and steering inspected, as well as being checked for over-loading.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • "One of these days I'll learn to keep my balls from over-loading my brain."

    Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

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