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The wicket of Simon Harmer in the final session, bowled shouldering arms by a ball from Nathan Lyon which turned back sharply showed the difficulty ahead.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Schoenbrun’s talent for image-making, however, ends up shouldering much of that weight, letting intricate ideas about identity and personal relationships to digital media sit gracefully atop beautifully rendered cinematography.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

It may feel efficient at first but eventually it becomes a burden, leaving managers shouldering too much of the workload and team members waiting for the boss’s input before taking action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“We’re learning as we go,” she said about the responsibility of shouldering these physical manifestations of people’s hearts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The confession didn’t feel like it belonged to me anymore, as though in shouldering this possession, I had exchanged some of Yakov’s past for my own.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros


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