unburden
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"When you breathe, you're already rich, you're already a millionaire; all the wealth is in life. I talked with him, and I was able to unburden myself."
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Your goal is to unburden those parts, and once those parts are unburdened, what’s left is your true self, like who you are at your core,” Zupich said.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
Someone has to deliver seven-inning starts on a consistent basis to unburden the team’s overworked bullpen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
The family said they were directly appealing to the driver responsible - or someone that may be helping them hide an awful secret - to go to police and unburden themselves.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
In spite of Vic’s brutal honesty, it felt great to finally unburden all of this on someone.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Here, a female devotee unburdens her troubles before Puliyurkali, a powerful manifestation of goddess Kali, seeking solace and divine intervention.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
Even Bush's ballads don't sound lugubrious: Unfettered by sonic gravity or pop conventions, she exudes exquisite grace as she unburdens herself.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2018
“When the conditions are right, Autopilot unburdens us of the most tedious tasks of driving.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2016
Dad further unburdens himself of the story of his own father, the narrator’s grandfather.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2015
The doctor's earnestness inspires confidence, and the patient unburdens his secret troubles, discusses means of remedying them, and turns from pain to promise, from remorse to resolve, from introspection to action, from dreading to doing.
From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George
Sitting on the couch at his new partner’s home one night, he unburdened himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Lately, it seems that Gyllenhaal’s been more interested in low-stakes roles, the kinds that come unburdened with Oscar buzz or exhausting promotional campaigns.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
AI-native software startups, unburdened by the baggage of years of design decisions, can leapfrog incumbents with new ways of doing things.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Detached and unburdened by the need of a narrative, the images simply exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
“She just got back,” the doorman tells Gogol with a wink as he walks past, and his heart leaps, unburdened of its malaise, grateful for her simple act of returning to him.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
He would claim that he’d be passing by the accused’s cell and strike up a conversation, and before long the fellow prisoner would be unburdening himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Stories will long be told about what Gazans have endured these last couple of years, and movies will be part of that unburdening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
If you re-watch those old "Red Talk Talk" unburdening sessions, Will was the one leading the narrative — not his wife.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2023
He looked so relieved to be unburdening himself.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
