burden
Example Sentences
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Even with the preferred outstanding down to $8.5 billion, the high annual dividend burden weighs on Occidental’s results.
From Barron's
As a result, the burden of care often falls on family members and other loved ones.
From MarketWatch
Scene by scene, Ms. Alexander deftly conveys the mounting burden of Carol’s exhaustion and fathomless sadness in the face of this.
Just in case you’re still not scared, the taxpayer watchdog Open the Books explains the burden when applying a full Norrisian time scale:
These include subsidising power prices, seeking reforms to EU carbon pricing schemes that the energy-intensive sector complains unfairly burden them, and reducing regulations.
From Barron's
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