as in loading
to place a weight or burden on
to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case
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Recent Examples of saddling
Gas prices also remain elevated, saddling businesses and consumers with higher costs.
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ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Residents spent years criticizing the EPA’s research and felt the agency was unfairly saddling corporations that owned local mining operations with cleanup costs, news reports show.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
The war in Iran, now in its third week, is causing oil prices to soar, saddling airlines with some of the highest fuel costs in years.
—Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Through no fault of Newton’s, Faith functions less as a second protagonist than a prop to give Grace more emotional investment in the proceedings by saddling her with guilt over their estrangement or opportunities to nobly sacrifice herself.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Stick Cowan with Auston Matthews to see if there’s a possible fit there rather than saddling the captain with Max Domi again and again.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Audiences didn’t respond to it either, saddling it with a C+ CinemaScore, though the Audience Popcornmeter at Rotten Tomatoes was a bit more generous than the critics, a 73 percent versus the Tomatometer score of 59 percent.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2026
Nurses countered that top hospital executives make millions of dollars a year while saddling nurses with unmanageable workloads.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
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
ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Residents spent years criticizing the EPA’s research and felt the agency was unfairly saddling corporations that owned local mining operations with cleanup costs, news reports show.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
The war in Iran, now in its third week, is causing oil prices to soar, saddling airlines with some of the highest fuel costs in years.
—Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Through no fault of Newton’s, Faith functions less as a second protagonist than a prop to give Grace more emotional investment in the proceedings by saddling her with guilt over their estrangement or opportunities to nobly sacrifice herself.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Stick Cowan with Auston Matthews to see if there’s a possible fit there rather than saddling the captain with Max Domi again and again.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Audiences didn’t respond to it either, saddling it with a C+ CinemaScore, though the Audience Popcornmeter at Rotten Tomatoes was a bit more generous than the critics, a 73 percent versus the Tomatometer score of 59 percent.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2026
Nurses countered that top hospital executives make millions of dollars a year while saddling nurses with unmanageable workloads.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saddling
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The Bruins followed it up by loading the bases with no outs in the fifth for right fielder Megan Grant.—
Jordan Puente,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Then the human welder has to finish the areas where the robot can’t reach, then pull it out and start loading new parts.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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This war has been a disaster for them, frightening away foreign investors, tourists and talent and burdening them with a future of huge new defense bills to deter Iran after the United States is gone.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
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Attainable housing can be built in new communities, without burdening existing cities or unincorporated villages.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Recent research by ManpowerGroup underscores the scale of this constraint, with 72% of employers globally reporting difficulty filling roles as demand for AI capabilities outpaces supply.—
Tom Hood,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Even in smaller portions, the dishes were filling.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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