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The third is taxing the rich, citing state authorization of a new pied-à-terre tax on second homes, generating $500 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But, “It’s clear that we need to reimagine peer review in some ways,” she adds, in part because the steady growth of published research papers is taxing the researchers who volunteer to conduct the reviews.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 1, 2024

No. 5 Washington State Tipoff: 6 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks Comment: The wear of playing in the opening round begins to show in the semifinals, especially if the quarterfinal game is taxing.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023

After all, the dancing alone is taxing enough to create.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

But how is taxing a people going to make them rich, and be the source of national wealth?

From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various