burdens
Example Sentences
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Older cities, such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Milwaukee, face some of the biggest potential burdens for repairing and updating their infrastructure, the study found.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Officials and industry reports indicate that the airline’s final breakdown was accelerated by a spike in operating costs tied to global energy market disruptions, alongside long-standing debt burdens that limited its ability to recover.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
There was no shortage of ideas for other ways to ease the financial burdens facing Californians, but few specifics on how they would deliver on those promises given the state’s complex and arduous legislative process.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
These additional burdens prompted by the WISeR model are creating new costs in Washington state’s healthcare system, driving up the cost of care, Cantwell said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings, for dwarves make light of burdens; and in his belt was a broad-bladed axe.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
