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all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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The Dow was weighed down by Boeing (BA), which sank 4.79% after a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed in India on Thursday.
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
We are not yet weighed down by industry standardization, and that’s a powerful advantage.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 10 June 2025
The results were weighed down by the loss of 22,000 federal workers, though the unemployment rate remained flat at 4.2 percent.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Debt weighs down Zaslav's ambition The break-up represents a collapse of Zaslav's ambitions and aspirations for the mega-media company.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 9 June 2025
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
We are not yet weighed down by industry standardization, and that’s a powerful advantage.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 10 June 2025
The results were weighed down by the loss of 22,000 federal workers, though the unemployment rate remained flat at 4.2 percent.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Debt weighs down Zaslav's ambition The break-up represents a collapse of Zaslav's ambitions and aspirations for the mega-media company.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 9 June 2025
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh%20down. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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