burdened

Example Sentences

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Trump and his acolytes had the knives out for any financial regulation that burdened the banks.

From Los Angeles Times

And they - we - confront these challenges burdened by the weight and contradictions of the dilemmas they generate.

From BBC

Throughout the story, Adelaide battles a second haunting presence, the persistent memory of her burdened mother declaring, “a woman is a mule.”

From Washington Post

He is also worried that the UK's regulators could be burdened with "an increasingly large and diverse" range of complaints, when "rapidly developing and challenging" AI is added to their workloads.

From BBC

“But are we really that burdened by asking someone to properly lock up their gun in a vehicle so it can’t be stolen?”

From New York Times