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
IFS is a way to unburden the self and have a more integrated inner system, Morin said.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
“There’s someone out there who has been carrying this burden for 25 years, and it’s time to let it go and unburden yourself,” Tacoma Detective Julie Dier said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
However, she says some were relieved to unburden themselves of things they had not been able to tell anyone.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
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
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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
There are no murmurs of empathy as he unburdens himself.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
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
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
Shame of this secret so weighs, Midas unburdens his heart.
From Erotica Romana by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Lately, it seems that Gyllenhaal’s been more interested in low-stakes roles, the kinds that come unburdened with Oscar buzz or exhausting promotional campaigns.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
China is no longer the indispensable partner unburdened by a history of war in the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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
For a fleeting second he felt that he wanted to keep it for himself, to let himself bathe in sunlight, unburdened by anything or anyone else.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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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
Stacy’s problem with New York life, and particularly how its version of 1% living shaped her children, is why Preston’s cabin becomes the start of her “Walden”-style unburdening.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
The drama builds as much by the choices the characters make as by the wisdom that’s gleaned from their collective unburdening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Is she unburdening herself, going along with it, or is she defiant, denying that she ever wanted help in the first place?
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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