burden
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Around the world, more than 1 million amputations occur every year due to diabetes-related vascular disease, traumatic injuries, infections, and cancer, according to Global Burden of Disease statistics.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
Burden wasn’t married to a gambler, and she does not use “financial infidelity” to describe what happened to her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A Harvard-educated attorney and Vanderbilt heiress, Burden, 56, writes candidly about how she ceded control of her finances to her ex during their 20-year marriage, trusting him to act in her best interests.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
While all of this was playing out, Burden was isolated, unable to access her support system during lockdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
As nearly as I can guess, about halfway between the ridge and Burden Hill.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Vocabulary lists containing burden
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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