burdens
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Officials and industry reports indicate that the airline’s final breakdown was accelerated by a spike in operating costs tied to global energy market disruptions, alongside long-standing debt burdens that limited its ability to recover.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
“All this,” Justice Gorsuch writes, “is more than enough to establish injury in fact,” which isn’t limited to tangible harm but can also arise “when a defendant burdens a plaintiff’s constitutional rights.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
There was no shortage of ideas for other ways to ease the financial burdens facing Californians, but few specifics on how they would deliver on those promises given the state’s complex and arduous legislative process.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
These additional burdens prompted by the WISeR model are creating new costs in Washington state’s healthcare system, driving up the cost of care, Cantwell said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Unbearable burdens that the world somehow does bear with a certain grace.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
