as in got down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weighed down
Bell responded that Alabama’s systemwide ranking is weighed down by its satellite campuses and argued the flagship Tuscaloosa campus would fare substantially better if evaluated independently.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Both companies have since pulled back, weighed down by reimbursement structures and operating costs that have little in common with running a pharmacy.
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Brian Delp,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Chipmakers — The tech sell-off also hit semiconductors too, as shares were also weighed down by a New York Times report that OpenAI was seeking to potentially delay its IPO until 2027.
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Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
What’s more, a clarifying shampoo will make your hair more silky, manageable, and easy to style because it’s not weighed down by grease, dry shampoo, and excess product.
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Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
That growth has made the sector a bright spot in a regional economy weighed down by weakness in Hollywood and other industries.
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Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
But when weighed down by the moisture, the grass flops over and doesn't present itself as well to the cutting blade.
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David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
23 June 2026
Griffith’s own work looks stiff and sentimental, weighed down with melodrama and grandiosity that may have seemed dated even in 1915.
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Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Because of the length and lack of thickness, my hair often lacks volume and is quickly weighed down shortly after styling.
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Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
18 June 2026
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Both companies have since pulled back, weighed down by reimbursement structures and operating costs that have little in common with running a pharmacy.
—
Brian Delp,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Chipmakers — The tech sell-off also hit semiconductors too, as shares were also weighed down by a New York Times report that OpenAI was seeking to potentially delay its IPO until 2027.
—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
What’s more, a clarifying shampoo will make your hair more silky, manageable, and easy to style because it’s not weighed down by grease, dry shampoo, and excess product.
—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
That growth has made the sector a bright spot in a regional economy weighed down by weakness in Hollywood and other industries.
—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
But when weighed down by the moisture, the grass flops over and doesn't present itself as well to the cutting blade.
—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
23 June 2026
Griffith’s own work looks stiff and sentimental, weighed down with melodrama and grandiosity that may have seemed dated even in 1915.
—
Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Because of the length and lack of thickness, my hair often lacks volume and is quickly weighed down shortly after styling.
—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighed down
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Will Ferrell got down to his skivvies for a new SKIMS ad, in which the funnyman bares not all, but aplenty.
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Harry Styles got down on one knee to propose to Zoë Kravitz, eight months after the pair were initially spotted together in public, and the actress sported the rock while out and about in New York City.
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Rising costs of components, supply chain constraints, and weaker consumer demand that are all partly linked to the Iran war have depressed smartphone sales in much of the continent, resulting in the slowest growth of shipments to Africa in two years, research firm Omdia said.
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Two Democrats at the top would have depressed Republican turnout for other key races — especially for Congress — in the fall.
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As the second half began, Cape Verde continued to hold off the Argentinians and managed a couple of opportunities on the opposition’s goal, though nothing that overly troubled Emiliano Martínez.
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Woolf composed her great modernist novels and her brilliant essays while troubled by suicidal thoughts and the tumult of two world wars.
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Walker was abducted, raped, tortured and murdered after attending a Valentine’s Day dance with her boyfriend.
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The actual abduction was committed, according to the feds, by supermarket owner Abu Chowdhury — who’s accused of heading a kidnapping ring that also snatched and tortured two men who crossed his vengeful wife, Iffat Lubna.
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The officials said the US worried that Israel might assassinate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian parliamentary speaker who is leading negotiations with the US, or Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who has also been a public face of the talks.
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That was not enough for investors worried about free cash flow and Meta’s reliance on a narrow, economically sensitive revenue stream.
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And so the Mississippi River has been this flow of commerce both up and down the river for a long time, but I was really saddened to hear how much of that commerce was people.
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Parishioners at Saint Agnes said they were saddened by the schism and would continue to pray for a united church.
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Your structure sorts the whole world into two boxes, oppressor and oppressed.
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The album is both plea, polemic and protest, but its argument — that oppressed and working people deserve rights and dignity, and that those things have historically been won through rebellion and revolution — is hardly radical.
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But both are concerned as heck about their missing boy, Carter, who is having some growing-up issues with his parents.
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The mom added that she is concerned after claiming that no one from the camp told her about the incident.
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