burden
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Case said the settlement is not an admission of liability or wrongdoing, but rather a means to “avoid the burden, expense, and uncertainty of continued litigation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
And again, the burden falls heavily on agricultural regions, where the fuel is used to power tractors, combines and trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The findings suggest that additional factors may be contributing to the growing burden of cancer in younger generations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
And the biggest burden for Bhavsar has become the price of gasoline.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The only mount was Rostam, and he carried no burden but old age—which Samir called “too much familiarity with the world.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Transparency activist Anjali Bhardwaj said the process disproportionately burdens marginalised voters who often struggle to produce documents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Still, as the war in Iran drags on, cost burdens are mounting for manufacturers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Probate can add costs, administrative burdens and stress for families during a period of grief. It also impacts privacy and can complicate asset management.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
The federal district court issued a preliminary injunction partly on this basis, noting the burdens on election administrators were high and the public interest costs dire.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
But like most families in Harlem we could not tolerate unexpected financial burdens, and in the summer of 1951 we experienced two.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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Instead of efficiently replacing damaged components and preserving healthy tissue, aging muscle cells become increasingly burdened by proteins that should have been cleared away.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Any initiative that strengthens Ukraine's already highly capable, but heavily burdened, cyber defence efforts is a welcome development and could provide a valuable force multiplier," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
"For me, it's a sad feeling, because a place burdened by history is being built over, sacrificed to the economy," Erich Strobl, head of a local campaign to preserve part of the site, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Homeowner associations and ecologists argued for more lenient rules, saying plants carried health benefits and stricter regulations burdened homeowners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“You shouldn’t have burdened yourselves. All of you,” Baba croaked.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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“There are probably an infinite number of ways. I think the right question is: What is the right and fairest way to share the cost without unduly burdening anyone?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The city claims the law firm is “presently burdening the courts and the City’s Law Department” with hundreds of such cases and also sued “dozens of utility companies and paving contractors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
That faced some controversy from the community who argued the city was erasing their history and burdening them with the cost to change stationery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan slammed stars for burdening producers with these costs.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
“I know what you’re wondering, Archie— why am I burdening you with this problem?”
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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