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all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Still, China’s broader growth trajectory has flattened, weighed down by a prolonged property crisis, declined investment, tepid consumption and deflation.
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John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
That harness helped weigh down the turtle’s back end in a way that didn’t cause damage to its shell.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
Often weighed down by this sense of all the characters lost along the way, the film tries to make up for it by unsubtly announcing which characters are whose substitutes.
—Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
The investors alleged that Musk, now the world’s richest person, engaged in a scheme to weigh down Twitter’s stock in order to pressure the board to sell to him for a lower price.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
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John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
That harness helped weigh down the turtle’s back end in a way that didn’t cause damage to its shell.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
Often weighed down by this sense of all the characters lost along the way, the film tries to make up for it by unsubtly announcing which characters are whose substitutes.
—Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
The investors alleged that Musk, now the world’s richest person, engaged in a scheme to weigh down Twitter’s stock in order to pressure the board to sell to him for a lower price.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh%20down. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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