burden
Example Sentences
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"I do feel like a burden to them sometimes, it can be quite difficult feeling that way."
From BBC
As a psychologist in the occupied West Bank, I have spent my career sitting across from children carrying burdens no child should ever know — lives shaped not by playgrounds or classrooms, but by constant fear.
From Los Angeles Times
In June 2024, the Enterprises and their partners filed a $600 million lawsuit, accusing Shvo of shoddy construction that left the club “dimly lit and aesthetically unappealing”— and burdened by leaky showers.
“There is no game of chance here; the system is designed to flag these data gaps and shift the burden of proof onto the taxpayer,” he said.
From MarketWatch
They would place the burden of water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada while not requiring any for the four other upriver states — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times
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