encumbering

Example Sentences

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Those documents alleged that Lisa Marie Presley, Keough’s mother, had borrowed $3.8 million from the company and “gave a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2022

Personally, I blame the baggy white t-shirt Mickelson was wearing underneath his polo, the added weight encumbering his movement.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 25, 2020

“They are able to borrow things from each other’s labs and use discoveries without compromising or encumbering their intellectual property.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2016

All the encumbering earth and stones have been removed, so that we can now admire the full proportions of the mighty portal.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.