cumbersome
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Like others, Beauchamp says figuring out the real cost of a plane ticket with all those add-ons has become cumbersome.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
“I’ve also seen how cumbersome that can be.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Hegseth’s language choices and petulant tone do not demonstrate an ignorance of what rhetorical situations demand of him; instead, they reflect a refusal to be emasculated by such cumbersome norms.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
This was expensive, cumbersome, and incurred many internal costs.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
There were all sorts of cumbersome new factors to be considered and discussed—Secret Service protocols, emergency evacuation setups, strategies for protecting our kids’ privacy now that they had the eyes of a nation upon them.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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