bear heavily

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Any major war . . . must bear heavily on them during its continuance and also for generations to come.

From Time Magazine Archive

This will bear heavily on the quality of the President's appointments and his ability to mold his people into an effective Administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the schools to raise tuition fees would bear heavily on the already hard-pressed student, and would do little to close their budget wounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

The world has assumed burdens that will bear heavily on all peoples.

From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Coolidge, Calvin

Snow falls here occasionally to the depth of two feet, while the Rio Grande freezes hard enough to bear heavily laden mule wagons.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray