- present tense form of burden (3rd person singular).
burdens
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She said many customers arrive carrying emotional burdens they have struggled to process elsewhere.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
This new category of infertility benefits would be exempt from many of the requirements that apply to group health plans, potentially reducing administrative burdens and giving employers more flexibility in how they design the coverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
As such, we typically have to follow the laws with uneven burdens, so long as the law is “neutral,” “generally applicable,” and rationally related to a legitimate government interest.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
On the other hand, the richest quarter of households have very low debt burdens and have seen only relatively small increases in their debt burden since 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
They set down their burdens and lined up between the tables like rows of soldiers.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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