all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
Recent Examples on the WebFor electric cars weighed down by heavy lithium batteries, mass must be eliminated in other places.—Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024 But the gauge slipped to 76.9 last month from 79 in January, weighed down by persistent inflation.—USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024 Companies are currently weighed down by a lot of technical debt.—John Kell, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 As with many issues, Biden is both weighed down and blessed by his experience.—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 Wheaton’s production has been weighed down by multiple factors over 2023.—Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Two years of wrenching tech layoffs have weighed down the Bay Area’s job market in a big way — but experts say the impact has been somewhat mitigated by an industry realignment that’s led to significant hiring even as thousands of positions have been cut.—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024 Instead, strategically layered products weigh down the hair to simply give the effect of moisture.—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024 Over time, the landscaping planters decorating the pool deck had also become weighed down with more filling and paving than originally designed, increasing the weight load on the slab, according to the presentation.—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
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