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all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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But what if carrying a heavy defensive burden changes that, and weighs down that side of the game?
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Finding one that doesn’t leave hair crunchy or weighed down, however, can be tricky.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
One photograph, of Burnett and Dolly Parton standing back to back, was angled slightly, to suggest that it was being weighed down by Parton’s breasts.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Finding one that doesn’t leave hair crunchy or weighed down, however, can be tricky.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
One photograph, of Burnett and Dolly Parton standing back to back, was angled slightly, to suggest that it was being weighed down by Parton’s breasts.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for weigh down
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh%20down. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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