unburden
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"When you breathe, you're already rich, you're already a millionaire; all the wealth is in life. I talked with him, and I was able to unburden myself."
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
After winning the trophy, she spoke about the benefits of therapy in helping her unburden herself.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
“Your goal is to unburden those parts, and once those parts are unburdened, what’s left is your true self, like who you are at your core,” Zupich said.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
Those who support a more rehabilitative approach have hailed Gascón’s efforts as proof that pursuing a different tack can unburden the criminal justice system and help build lives and communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
Many times he had thought to unburden his heart to her.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Here, a female devotee unburdens her troubles before Puliyurkali, a powerful manifestation of goddess Kali, seeking solace and divine intervention.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
He unburdens himself in order to wrest insight out of his students.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2019
Even Bush's ballads don't sound lugubrious: Unfettered by sonic gravity or pop conventions, she exudes exquisite grace as she unburdens herself.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2018
“When the conditions are right, Autopilot unburdens us of the most tedious tasks of driving.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2016
The doctor's earnestness inspires confidence, and the patient unburdens his secret troubles, discusses means of remedying them, and turns from pain to promise, from remorse to resolve, from introspection to action, from dreading to doing.
From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs
Maybe their perception of it could be even more accurate, unburdened by distorted memories for an inherently objective historical account.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Tech, largely unburdened by oil exposure or complex global supply chains, suddenly looked like the cleaner trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
AI-native software start-ups, unburdened by the baggage of years of design decisions, can leapfrog incumbents with new ways of doing things.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Rather, she prefers to be called a “ball of light” or “God’s helper,” mystifying phrases unburdened by the conventional stigmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
“Now, Petra Peña, you will live a very long, unburdened life among the Collective.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
He would claim that he’d be passing by the accused’s cell and strike up a conversation, and before long the fellow prisoner would be unburdening himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Stories will long be told about what Gazans have endured these last couple of years, and movies will be part of that unburdening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
They’re viewed as a means to enforce laws that may previously have gone unnoticed while unburdening overburdened police departments from nabbing speeders.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
He looked so relieved to be unburdening himself.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
