saddle with
phrasal verb
saddled with; saddling with; saddles with
: to cause (someone or something) to have (a problem, burden, responsibility, etc.)
His actions have saddled the company with too much debt.
My boss saddled me with the task of organizing the conference.
—often used as (be) saddled withThe company is saddled with an enormous amount of debt.
She is saddled with a reputation for not being dependable.
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However, just 40 days after his announcement, Brady was back in the saddle with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2022 season.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Insulated from overseas competition, saddled with outdated technology and woefully inefficient, these yards suffer from low volumes and prices that are approximately five times higher than those of shipyards in Japan and South Korea.
—Colin Grabow, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Forcing the trauma-centric arcs too many horror survivors get saddled with today, Mike and Vanessa face dark dreams that say their fight isn’t over.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
And even if the Fed rate cuts were replicated by the precise amounts for the prime rate, those are just small, 25-basis-point cuts now, leading to little tangible relief for borrowers saddled with credit card rates of 20% or higher.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Insulated from overseas competition, saddled with outdated technology and woefully inefficient, these yards suffer from low volumes and prices that are approximately five times higher than those of shipyards in Japan and South Korea.
—Colin Grabow, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Forcing the trauma-centric arcs too many horror survivors get saddled with today, Mike and Vanessa face dark dreams that say their fight isn’t over.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
And even if the Fed rate cuts were replicated by the precise amounts for the prime rate, those are just small, 25-basis-point cuts now, leading to little tangible relief for borrowers saddled with credit card rates of 20% or higher.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Saddle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saddle%20with. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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