burden

"That is not a failure of honesty or effort, it is simply too much of a burden to be met in every case."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

If the house were left to the three of us, I would likely be the one responsible for dealing with the house, and that would feel more like a burden than a benefit.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

What I’m trying to say is this: The yearning that feels like a burden is also your spiritual superpower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Pioneered in the 1980s and 1990s by free-market-friendly Labor governments, “super,” as Australians call it, shifts much of the burden of funding pensions from the state to the private sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

One of the trembling elders says, “I will accept baptism. I do not want to be a burden to my family any longer.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The legislation vastly expanded the FDA’s remit and imposed hefty food-safety compliance burdens on hundreds of thousands of farms and food producers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

I was really lucky that so many subjects were so kind to me and affirmed I wasn’t my grandfather and that I didn’t need to carry historical or generational burdens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

While these criticisms are valid, many of these issues — particularly heavy debt burdens — also apply to China, Japan and many European nations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026

The differences that make humans special are treated as burdens by chatbots.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Then shouldering their burdens, they set off, seeking a path that would bring them over the grey hills of the Emyn Muil, and down into the Land of Shadow.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

That deal left Warner Bros. burdened by debt, leading to deep cost cuts and setting the stage for the Ellison takeover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Though easing gasoline prices provided some relief, respondents continue to feel burdened by inflation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

It’s a sea of nightmares in suits, and among them is Schlossberg, the Dennis the Menace we don’t deserve, don’t really want, but are burdened with regardless.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

In April, Greek tourism minister Olga Kefalogianni promised British passengers would not face biometric checks or be "burdened" by bureaucracy when travelling to Greece this summer.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

I was burdened with a leaden fear as I kept speaking engagements all over America.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

But it has raised concerns about burdening Louisiana electricity customers with the higher costs of additional energy infrastructure, especially if demand from Meta eventually dries up, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

Germany is facing a perfect storm: high energy costs burdening manufacturers, weak demand for its exports in key markets, the emergence of China as an industrial rival and the US tariff onslaught.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

Yoder built on that newer precedent in holding that laws substantially burdening religious exercise must be strictly scrutinized by the courts.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2025

He did not want to strap it to his back too early, then have to stand around with its weight burdening him until his turn came to crawl down the cargo net.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson