burden
Example Sentences
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Getting Marcus Smart back from injury Friday helped ease the ball-handling burden on Kennard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
United Airlines has scrapped some red-eye and midweek flights, while Air France is charging business class passengers more to offset the fuel burden of their heavier seats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
But she was not willing to elide the defendant’s burden.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Customs has placed the burden on firms to assemble information to make claims, says lawyer Jared Slipman, chair of the tax department at Obermayer, which has been advising businesses on the process.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The fox, who was still on the ground sighing heavily under the burden of being misunderstood, suddenly stopped and raised her head.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing burden
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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