1
as in loading
to place a weight or burden on
burdened the dog with a little backpack
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2
as in troubling
to make sad
refuses to let everyday problems burden her
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Recent Examples of burdening
The war is burdening the not only the current Russian economy but its future prospects, the report says.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
Such subsidies drive up demand, and therefore costs, while also burdening taxpayers.
—Judge Glock, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Most fine-dining restaurants have not received many complaints about burdening costs, according to the NYT, though that doesn’t stop them from worrying about feedback.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2025
Stinett said the shelter spreads the need for medical care among the partner vets to avoid burdening just one or two hospitals.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
These supercities could absorb population growth without burdening existing urban centers while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in construction, engineering and services.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Kinloch warns against throwing around the idea of an entertainment tax to avoid burdening residents with another potential tax — on top of the city’s already high property taxes.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Early expansion through franchisees lets founders avoid burdening corporate capital with every new location.
—Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Hopefully, leaders will make the transition to autonomous service before burdening consumers with even higher sales tax rates.
—Marc Joffe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
Such subsidies drive up demand, and therefore costs, while also burdening taxpayers.
—Judge Glock, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Most fine-dining restaurants have not received many complaints about burdening costs, according to the NYT, though that doesn’t stop them from worrying about feedback.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2025
Stinett said the shelter spreads the need for medical care among the partner vets to avoid burdening just one or two hospitals.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
These supercities could absorb population growth without burdening existing urban centers while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in construction, engineering and services.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Kinloch warns against throwing around the idea of an entertainment tax to avoid burdening residents with another potential tax — on top of the city’s already high property taxes.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Early expansion through franchisees lets founders avoid burdening corporate capital with every new location.
—Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Hopefully, leaders will make the transition to autonomous service before burdening consumers with even higher sales tax rates.
—Marc Joffe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdening
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Castle logged 22 minutes against the Mavs, loading the box score with 18 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
6 Feb. 2026
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And the two front-runners are loading up.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Scientists may have solved a cosmic mystery that has been troubling them since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began observations back in 2022.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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China is poised to win great swathes of the booming European EV market and that is troubling the automakers.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Court records from Taste of Belgium’s bankruptcy reveal its sales slumped by nearly a fifth in the last two years, saddling the popular eatery with more than $6 million in debts.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
22 Jan. 2026
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In Colorado, Connecticut, and Maine, for example, new laws aim to increase transparency and prevent utilities from saddling customers with questionable costs—such as trade-association membership dues, donations to interest groups, advertising, and legal fees from rate cases.—
Nick Bowlin,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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In Russia, Cuba, Iran, Belarus, and Uganda, dictatorships have carried on for decades—oppressing and killing their people, attacking their neighbors, and destabilizing their regions.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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Now, the Franciscan missionaries oppressing the Native Americans in the painting had arrows piercing their heads and bodies.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Before a fast, focus on filling up with fiber, fat and protein to sustain your body with energy during low-intake periods.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Thank you to all the countries that are filling the PURL program.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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For all the inherent sadness of its subject matter, Mouse is never depressing, thanks to the delicacy of O’Sullivan and Thompson’s filmmaking.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Instead what followed was the slow disintegration of a championship core, an inability to reclimb the mountain and the slow, depressing slide into lamenting what could have been.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Yorgos Lanthimos, Florian Zeller and Juliette Binoche are among more than 800 film professionals who have signed a joint statement condemning the Iranian government for killing and torturing its own people.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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Dan Bujor, who lives out of a school bus parked in Long Island City, was arrested Sunday on charges including overdriving animals, torturing and injuring animals and failure to provide sustenance, in addition to driving without a license, in connection with the bizarre incident, cops said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Recently, high school students have been exposed to protests concerning women’s health care, medical costs, DOGE slashing government departments and the ruthless actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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The files are not findings of guilt, and some critics have raised concerns about releasing confidential and uncorroborated material concerning those who have not been charged with a crime.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Burdening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdening. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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