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are taxing
  • present progressive of tax.

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“I think any pitches are taxing, so that’s a full-blown myth,” Honeywell, 29, said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

He can get around in a breath-operated wheelchair, but long trips are taxing.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

From scholarship applications to competitive classes, campuses are taxing environments.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022

By flushing the wrong things, people are taxing infrastructure that’s already deteriorating, said Darren Olson, vice chairman of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Committee for America’s Infrastructure.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2020

They may tax themselves according to their riches, while Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and such like States are taxing themselves according to their poverty.

From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony