burdens

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“Ultimately, this flexibility might reduce some of the burdens of being a public company and potentially influence a company’s decision to become or remain public,” Atkins said in a statement External link accompanying the proposal.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

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

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

It must have been hard for Father to leave us for so many months at a time, hard for him to know the burdens he put on my mother.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson