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I think the story was exactly the right length to tell the events in enough detail without getting over-laden with them.
Never After by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn – review 2009
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Thankfully, publicly funded health services are what most Europeans have grown up with, and the majority of Europeans would be loathe to abolish their NHSs in favor of a United States system ... although, like anywhere else, the European system is over-laden with bureaucracy and top-down management!
It's quite amazing how the US media so readily allows itself to be manipulated! 2009
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Some of the writing about flora and fauna is so over-laden with colourful adjectives, it slows the narrative to a stumble.
2008 Reading Challenge – August’s late entry « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2008
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The majority are dull, repetitive and over-laden with text.
The new IT trainingPart 5: The other option Clive Shepherd 2006
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The majority are dull, repetitive and over-laden with text.
Archive 2006-04-01 Clive Shepherd 2006
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The over-laden ship made for the center of the channel.
The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999
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Exhaustion would overtake them swiftly, and the over-laden pinnace could easily become unmanageable.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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The most senior officer of the Service took a step toward the white linens of the over-laden table where the official "informal" celebration of his swearing-in would commence.
The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987
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The Greek influences which prevailed in Northern Hindustan were translated to Brambanam in their attributes of dignity and grace, for the flowing robes and easy postures of the sculptured figures correct and modify the grotesque and over-laden character of original Hindu art.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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He is usually exhibited as over-laden with wine, and seated on a saddled ass, upon which he supports himself with a long staff in the one hand, and in the other carries a _cantharus_ or jug, with the handle almost worn out with frequent use.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway
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