burden
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As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The guidelines aim to promote early awareness and intervention in a bid to reduce the burden of dementia in the coming decades, it said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Knight that came back in the batting ranks for the start of the 2025 summer was rejuvenated, a weight off her shoulders, batting with freedom and without burden.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Waymo’s goal is to be a trusted public safety partner, not an additional burden, for first responders,” a company spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I feel like more of a burden and I don’t trust my parents as much as I used to.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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The agency rationalizes its proposal as seeking “a tradeoff between reducing regulatory burdens ... and promoting efficient financial markets through timely disclosure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
While these criticisms are valid, many of these issues — particularly heavy debt burdens — also apply to China, Japan and many European nations.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
The differences that make humans special are treated as burdens by chatbots.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Buyers with the lowest debt burdens relative to their incomes tend to have the highest rate of overpayment, the research found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Unlike Presidents Wingfield and Ratcliffe before him, Captain Smith divides the rations equally with us and works right alongside us sharing the burdens, too.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Brad Pitt is a grizzled racing driver burdened by his past who helps lead a struggling Formula One team to glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Though easing gasoline prices provided some relief, respondents continue to feel burdened by inflation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
And a team that is burdened by his desire to be at the centre of everything.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
It’s a sea of nightmares in suits, and among them is Schlossberg, the Dennis the Menace we don’t deserve, don’t really want, but are burdened with regardless.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
She believed that young people just starting out in their careers should not feel burdened by obligations, no matter how unselfish the offer of help might be.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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But it has raised concerns about burdening Louisiana electricity customers with the higher costs of additional energy infrastructure, especially if demand from Meta eventually dries up, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
The nonprofit has been going through its own planning process for months to figure out how to sell electricity to data centers without burdening other customers, and expects to release a comprehensive plan.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
No fairness in burdening people based on who they are rather than what they endured.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2025
No reason for burdening her with the truth.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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