encumbered
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His house was encumbered with liens and he’d sold a “prop plane” that prosecutors cited when arguing he was a risk to abscond, Maitia said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
“We are not encumbered by a Decision Desk tonight,” Williams said early in the broadcast.
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2024
Now with a second mandate and significantly less encumbered, America, and the world, will see what he can really do.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024
Tuition rates are high, students leave encumbered with more debt and the state gives less to higher education than others.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023
This sentence is encumbered, among other things, by a long stretch between the filler of the relative clause, the former United Nations diplomat, and the gap after tapped seven words later.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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The Fault in Our Stars
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