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shoulder

[shohl-der] / ˈʃoʊl dər /
VERB
be responsible for
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"My shoulder was bad all last year so I was just trying to manage and get through as best that I could," he said.

From Barron's

Tim got a tattoo on his right shoulder of a bow wrapped around a passenger jet, and Sheri and Lydia each got a tattoo of a lily.

From The Wall Street Journal

Earlier this week Gu said she felt as though she was "skiing with the weight of two countries on my shoulder", after losing the gold in women's slopestyle to Switzerland.

From BBC

“Sometimes it feels like I’m carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders,” said Gu, 22, in Livigno after the slopestyle event.

From The Wall Street Journal

Achilles tendon pain, tennis elbow, swimmer's shoulder, and jumper's knee affect both young athletes and older adults.

From Science Daily