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
Someone has to deliver seven-inning starts on a consistent basis to unburden the team’s overworked bullpen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
The family said they were directly appealing to the driver responsible - or someone that may be helping them hide an awful secret - to go to police and unburden themselves.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
I started to talk to her, to finally unburden my heart of some of the things I’d been fretting about.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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
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
When he unburdens himself about his problems, he ruins a dinner party.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2017
In such a lyric there is complete symmetry in the relation between speaker and hearer; the poet unburdens his heart to us, and we in receiving his message tell it back to him.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Dewitt H. Parker
Maybe their perception of it could be even more accurate, unburdened by distorted memories for an inherently objective historical account.
From Salon ● May 30, 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
AI-native software start-ups, unburdened by the baggage of years of design decisions, can leapfrog incumbents with new ways of doing things.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Rather, she prefers to be called a “ball of light” or “God’s helper,” mystifying phrases unburdened by the conventional stigmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
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
Stories will long be told about what Gazans have endured these last couple of years, and movies will be part of that unburdening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
It is difficult to remember why I came here and why I care about unburdening myself from this beautiful weight.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
