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burdensome

[bur-dn-suhm] / ˈbɜr dn səm /


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The judge has given it more time, but the process for claiming refunds promises to be burdensome based on what the government has mapped out so far.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“I reviewed the sections of the IDO pertaining to Safe Outdoor Spaces,” Gil wrote in a subsequent legal document, “and determined that the burdensome regulations would prevent me from doing so.”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Project Iceworm was shelved in 1962, after it was deemed too technically difficult — the ice sheet shifts — and as the Navy and Air Force pursued less burdensome projects on Greenland.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

The acquisitions aren’t particularly burdensome to finance either.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

They would need the boats, no matter how burdensome they were to drag over the ice.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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