saddle
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She said the business groups lined up for Bass after she backed the $2.6-billion upgrade of the city’s Convention Center, which is expected to saddle the city budget with huge costs starting in 2030.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Existing fusion experiments have not reached the temperatures associated with the Cordey saddle, preventing scientists from testing the predicted route under those conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Some timberland owners, worried that planting could saddle their heirs with trees they won’t be able to sell, are rethinking the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
There’s also been concern that the borrowing blitz results in overbuilding that could saddle debt investors with big losses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Gwydion swung into the saddle and pulled up the soaked, bedraggled Taran.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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He has the chance to change that as he saddles up with a familiar partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
That involves treating the surface of the ball with the same oil that’s used on horse saddles, then in succession leather balm, conditioner, mud, more conditioner, and a thorough brushing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
You could see details in saddles and costumes, and the building were still extant.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
Trainer Todd Pletcher, who saddles Fierceness, is in the derby for the 24th year and it never gets old.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
Men trot by on burros with tin milk containers strapped to their saddles, starting their morning deliveries.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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She was a teenage girl suddenly saddled with the fate of a country, tasked with making decisions well beyond her purview or experience.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
It is against this backdrop that Moyes seeks to end Everton's 31-year search for success that has saddled them with an unwanted record.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In most countries, gas-powered luxury vehicles are saddled with huge upfront taxes and tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
At 11 p.m. on Friday night, I saddled up and rode north on Highway 1.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
He saw the Colonel, went home for his boots and spurs, then took out Goblin and saddled him.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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The nightmare scenario of running over budget and saddling local taxpayers with debt hangs over the organizing committee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Oldfield says: "How do we shore the business up into a place that's right for them to come into without saddling them with a lot of debt?"
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jiang Duntao, a former Zibo, China, Communist Party official, was expelled and faces prosecution for saddling the city with onerous debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
What happens next may hit everyone who dreams of saddling a dragon squarely in the chest.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Meg G. is twice as big as me and knows all about saddling horses.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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