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burden

[bur-dn] / ˈbɜr dn /




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It is impossible for one player to replicate Salah's achievements, with his goalscoring and creative burden needing to be shared.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

The findings, published in Current Biology, provide the first evidence in honeybees of how far a queen may go to reduce her own chemical burden.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Being one of the few returning starters, Iamaleava has embraced a “vet” role, and has subsequently taken the mantle and burden of being the team’s leader.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Melanoma has what is called a high tumor mutational burden, or TMB, which means it has many mutations inside the DNA, making it a strong target for this type of treatment.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

A prison doctor, she said, had pronounced her low blood pressure a serious condition, one that might leave her permanently disabled and her six children a burden to society.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

She attended the event because she loves Betty Boop, but also because of the burdens the animation industry faces.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Massive investment in infrastructure, coupled with policy incentives to attract data centre builders, have earned Guizhou one of the highest debt burdens in the country.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

By targeting yield as a primary goal, investors often compromise their performance through poor portfolio diversification, heavier tax burdens and overpaying for dividend-paying stocks, Hartzmark said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

In my experience, the best way to take burdens off people you care about is to tell them what you want.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

He wondered if the turbid water gliding past could again carry away his burdens.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

Convery has nicely feathered hair and a character burdened by the plot’s corniest contrivances: a bully stubbornly pursuing him to the literal end of civilization, a lost pet dog that he’s determined to rescue.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“The real purpose of them is not to be burdened with healthcare costs in retirement,” said Steve Azoury, a financial adviser and owner of Azoury Financial.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

We criticized the legislation at the time because the compliance costs disproportionately burdened smaller businesses, and they may have contributed to consolidation in food production.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Earlier this year Greece's tourism minister said she did not want visitors to be "burdened" by bureaucratic procedures when entering or leaving the country.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The night had a quilted, weighted-down quality, as if somehow burdened, and all around us the Minnesota prairies reached out in long repetitive waves of corn and soybeans, everything flat, everything the same.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

But it has raised concerns about burdening Louisiana electricity customers with the higher costs of additional energy infrastructure, especially if demand from Meta eventually dries up, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 2026

The nonprofit has been going through its own planning process for months to figure out how to sell electricity to data centers without burdening other customers, and expects to release a comprehensive plan.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

Yoder built on that newer precedent in holding that laws substantially burdening religious exercise must be strictly scrutinized by the courts.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2025

Based on numbers, it has a limitless complexity to engage the ingenuity and creativity of its adherents, without burdening them with the need for validation or testing.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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