burden
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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 findings suggest that additional factors may be contributing to the growing burden of cancer in younger generations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The two Asian powers have often found common ground at UN climate negotiations, pushing back against Western demands for emissions cuts and arguing that developing countries should not bear the same burden as industrialised nations.
From BBC ● 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
Feeling this, Jo’s burden seemed easier to bear, duty grew sweeter, and life looked more endurable, seen from the safe shelter of her mother’s arms.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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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
It increases burdens on the patient, physician, and the entire healthcare system.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Watching the burdens on bosses grow, many junior employees say they have no interest in pursuing the management track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The proposed rule may create significant new compliance burdens and legal uncertainty for institutions already operating in accordance with existing nondiscrimination requirements ... “ the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
After everything I put her through, how could I add more burdens on her back?
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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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
"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
Hamilton’s prescriptions responded to the unique circumstances of a new nation burdened by Revolutionary War debt, dependent on foreign manufactures and lacking other reliable sources of federal revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He was not my notion of a man burdened by such grave concerns.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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“There are probably an infinite number of ways. I think the right question is: What is the right and fairest way to share the cost without unduly burdening anyone?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
But others say Seoul has few realistic options for retaliation without further burdening border residents already exposed to disruption and danger.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
This would avoid burdening Adnoc Gas’s balance sheet or dilute the midteen project returns that management targets, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That faced some controversy from the community who argued the city was erasing their history and burdening them with the cost to change stationery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
“I know what you’re wondering, Archie— why am I burdening you with this problem?”
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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