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Addressing residents, staff and volunteers in Spanish, Leo said disabled people were "not a burden on society" but "a blessing."

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

He reveals the emotional burden his parents' decision placed on him and the profound loneliness that followed.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Jan and Els were very aware of the burden their end-of-life decisions placed on their son.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

In fact, the concept of “financial toxicity,” or the stress caused by the financial burden of an uncovered medical treatment, originated in cancer research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

It’s our job, my friends, to take the burden on ourselves when they cannot.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

She said many customers arrive carrying emotional burdens they have struggled to process elsewhere.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

This new category of infertility benefits would be exempt from many of the requirements that apply to group health plans, potentially reducing administrative burdens and giving employers more flexibility in how they design the coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Furthermore, plenty of laws have benefits and burdens that fall unevenly across different groups.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

On the other hand, the richest quarter of households have very low debt burdens and have seen only relatively small increases in their debt burden since 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

And while everyone around me thought the sky was coming apart right above our heads, it was the ground that was surrendering under the weight of our heavy burdens.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

The syrupy strings, treacly piano and awed choral vocals conjure an atmosphere of strained enchantment, suggesting a film burdened by fatal amounts of whimsy and emotional manipulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Instead of efficiently replacing damaged components and preserving healthy tissue, aging muscle cells become increasingly burdened by proteins that should have been cleared away.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

If the film doesn’t reach the heights of Mr. Lee’s previous work, it nonetheless has a gradually mounting force in its depiction of class differences and a patriarch burdened by an agonizing sense of failure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Any initiative that strengthens Ukraine's already highly capable, but heavily burdened, cyber defence efforts is a welcome development and could provide a valuable force multiplier," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

By three o’clock, the rain had stopped and the sky was a cur­dled gray burdened with lumps of clouds.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

While an artist should avoid burdening themselves with hypothetical responses to their work before it’s even out in the world, considering the eventual reaction is worthwhile.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

“Secure ballot envelope identifiers provide a reliable, auditable mechanism to enforce Federal law without unduly burdening or infringing on the rights of eligible voters,” the order reads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

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

No reason for burdening her with the truth.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes