burden
Example Sentences
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In fact, people who earn a lot through their job – from doctors to executives – are carrying the largest burden, alongside lower-wage workers.
From Salon
The EU is also now working to lighten regulatory burdens that European companies say hurt their global competitiveness, although results aren’t yet clear.
Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.
From Salon
But like many older Americans with little savings and heavy financial burdens, retirement was out of the question.
Gmail users who want to switch to more anonymous email addresses or felt burdened by the email addresses they chose as kids celebrated the update on social media.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
