burden
Example Sentences
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“Maybe their burden will ease a little bit by knowing that they might feel lonely, but they’re not alone.”
From Los Angeles Times
Many sellers may have used the new year to shift some tariff burden to customers, restoring profit margins that eroded as costs rose in 2025.
"No state relationship is," says Riaz - but the burden of repair, he argues, lies largely with Delhi and will require moving beyond the habit of managing Dhaka through favoured intermediaries.
From BBC
The introduction of patient-communication portals added another burden, creating a torrent of messages with “no workforce, workflow, or business model to sustain it,” and forcing doctors to work increasingly late hours.
Paying her $2,200 monthly mortgage has gotten easier now that her partner, who runs a machine shop, is sharing the burden.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
