unburden
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"When you breathe, you're already rich, you're already a millionaire; all the wealth is in life. I talked with him, and I was able to unburden myself."
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
After winning the trophy, she spoke about the benefits of therapy in helping her unburden herself.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
“Your goal is to unburden those parts, and once those parts are unburdened, what’s left is your true self, like who you are at your core,” Zupich said.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
Those who support a more rehabilitative approach have hailed Gascón’s efforts as proof that pursuing a different tack can unburden the criminal justice system and help build lives and communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have you to unburden myself to.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Here, a female devotee unburdens her troubles before Puliyurkali, a powerful manifestation of goddess Kali, seeking solace and divine intervention.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
As Changez tells his story to an American in a Lahore cafe, he also unburdens himself to us — and dares us to judge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
He unburdens himself in order to wrest insight out of his students.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2019
Even Bush's ballads don't sound lugubrious: Unfettered by sonic gravity or pop conventions, she exudes exquisite grace as she unburdens herself.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2018
When he finally unburdens himself, it is with averted eyes and roundabout language.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
Maybe their perception of it could be even more accurate, unburdened by distorted memories for an inherently objective historical account.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
During the visit, a month before the child's death, Varley had "unburdened" himself about not "bonding" with Preston and struggling with the demands of looking after a baby.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Tech, largely unburdened by oil exposure or complex global supply chains, suddenly looked like the cleaner trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
AI-native software start-ups, unburdened by the baggage of years of design decisions, can leapfrog incumbents with new ways of doing things.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
In a week, he will ride unburdened back to Brittany and collect Marie-Laure.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
He would claim that he’d be passing by the accused’s cell and strike up a conversation, and before long the fellow prisoner would be unburdening himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s a very unlikely setting for a very unlikely unburdening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
They’re viewed as a means to enforce laws that may previously have gone unnoticed while unburdening overburdened police departments from nabbing speeders.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
There they could weep at leisure, unburdening themselves of their own troubles as they wept for someone else’s death.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
