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Case said the settlement is not an admission of liability or wrongdoing, but rather a means to “avoid the burden, expense, and uncertainty of continued litigation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

‘The Strange Case’. . . throws the emphasis on the word ‘case,’ but Stevenson’s actual title puts its burden on ‘strange.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Although increases in cancer in younger adults are concerning, the absolute burden remains far higher in older adults, underscoring the public health and clinical importance of studying risk factors across all ages," they conclude.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

"The burden of escalation would rest squarely upon the aggressor; they and they alone would bear the full moral, political, and strategic weight of deciding whether to do so," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was a burden so heavy I could barely sleep at night for lack of breath.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Also contributing is quarter-end and year-end tax-loss selling — unloading the worst-performing stocks to lower capital-gains burdens — from mutual funds and individual investors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Transparency activist Anjali Bhardwaj said the process disproportionately burdens marginalised voters who often struggle to produce documents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The federal district court issued a preliminary injunction partly on this basis, noting the burdens on election administrators were high and the public interest costs dire.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

While state income-tax burdens might shrink, property taxes can jump, or vice versa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

But the feeling was that the city was beginning to buckle under its burdens.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Instead of efficiently replacing damaged components and preserving healthy tissue, aging muscle cells become increasingly burdened by proteins that should have been cleared away.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

If the film doesn’t reach the heights of Mr. Lee’s previous work, it nonetheless has a gradually mounting force in its depiction of class differences and a patriarch burdened by an agonizing sense of failure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Any initiative that strengthens Ukraine's already highly capable, but heavily burdened, cyber defence efforts is a welcome development and could provide a valuable force multiplier," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

"For me, it's a sad feeling, because a place burdened by history is being built over, sacrificed to the economy," Erich Strobl, head of a local campaign to preserve part of the site, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

At twenty-two, Nicholas is a burdened soul who saw too much too soon.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

The city claims the law firm is “presently burdening the courts and the City’s Law Department” with hundreds of such cases and also sued “dozens of utility companies and paving contractors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Secure ballot envelope identifiers provide a reliable, auditable mechanism to enforce Federal law without unduly burdening or infringing on the rights of eligible voters,” the order reads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

Actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan slammed stars for burdening producers with these costs.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

He did not want to strap it to his back too early, then have to stand around with its weight burdening him until his turn came to crawl down the cargo net.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson