burdened

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Carrying costs are also an issue—massive properties are burdened by soaring taxes—especially in markets like Los Angeles, where the mansion tax hinders high-end sales.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

"It's just that we have made sure that we facilitate the procedure in a way that means visitors are not burdened".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

While the public markets have been burdened with excessive regulation, the private markets now often operate at the other extreme—without many basic protections that typical American investors might assume are a given.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

I lay in bed the next morning, feeling mightily burdened.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool