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[bur-dn] / ˈbɜr dn /




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Around the world, more than 1 million amputations occur every year due to diabetes-related vascular disease, traumatic injuries, infections, and cancer, according to Global Burden of Disease statistics.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

The author Belle Burden recently published a buzzy memoir chronicling her own financial fallout from a divorce, where she said the prenup didn’t protect her interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The book—now in its ninth printing, according to publisher Penguin Random House—debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and earned Burden a Netflix deal for an adaptation starring Gwyneth Paltrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As her husband’s career advanced, he spent more time in Manhattan while Burden tended to the family in their house in Martha’s Vineyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

I am writing this at the top of Burden Hill.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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