burden

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"Our NHS is amazing - we're so lucky to have it - it's struggling but we need to try and save it. We shouldn't be adding to the burden of it."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The financial burden is particularly heavy in regions like the Northeast, where homes tend to be older.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

That’s made investors particularly worried about how Americans will handle the added energy cost burden.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

They were glad to be free of their financial burden, but it also left her with the sense that she had made a lot of mistakes with money.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Taran unstrapped the weapons on Melyngar’s saddle, shared out the burden with Fflewddur and Gurgi, and hoisted the protesting Eilonwy to Melyngar’s back.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander