carrying the load
Example Sentences
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However, he says that tech isn’t single-handedly carrying the load: Seven of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors are more profitable than normal.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
With cast members largely prevented from promotion duties, directors — whether helming an Oscar shoo-in or superhero blockbuster — are carrying the load, albeit very reluctantly.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023
Without two starters, Minnesota rallied with Karl-Anthony Towns carrying the load offensively while Anthony Edwards made all of the biggest defensive plays.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023
“He’s the best player in the world and he showed that tonight, carrying the load offensively again.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2022
Not with balloons and their cumbrous inflations, but with machines capable of carrying the load, and traveling by displacement of the air at high velocities.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various
