burdens
Example Sentences
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Burdens alter the effectiveness of public programs by restricting whether benefits reach their target population.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2019
This is common for middle-class black mothers, found Dawn Dow, a sociologist at the University of Maryland whose book, “Mothering While Black: Boundaries and Burdens of Middle-Class Parenthood,” comes out in February.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2018
The Shimerdas receive gifts from the Burdens but are too isolated and disorganized to reciprocate, and the Burdens come to think of the Shimerdas as incompetent freeloaders.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 31, 2016
The Great Depression was in full swing, a reality that was reflected in the issue’s headlines: “Easing Burdens of Debt and Foreclosure,” “Roosevelt Seeks Governors’ Aid,” “Tradition Ignored in Chase Securities Statement.”
From Newsweek • Feb. 17, 2015
We preserve The Home, and call it sacred— Burdens new they bear.
From What Diantha Did by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
