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lumber

verb as in walk heavily, clumsily

verb as in burden

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The question is whether there will be similar parachutes available for producers of lumber, furniture and kitchen cabinets—the latest targets for import levies.

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He struck it rich, and got into the lumber business.

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Carney has faced domestic pressure to secure a deal with the US that would lower tariffs, especially for hard-hit sectors like steel and lumber.

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So, Bui continued, “every year I manage to lumber my way back to London.”

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Climate change, he claimed to audible gasps, was "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and was lumbering European countries with expensive energy costs compared to fossil fuels.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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