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all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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The family left Mexico City, weighed down by backpacks and shopping bags with essentials like warm blankets and resealable packets of tuna fish.
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
And their offense was picking up only so much of the slack, weighed down by early slumps from Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and Michael Conforto, as well as inconsistent performances from other bottom-half hitters.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Universities are still reeling from the campus protests that spawned a wave of harassment against Jewish students, while questions of affordability and political bias have increasingly weighed down public support, especially among Republicans.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 48 points, or 0.1%, weighed down by a slide of 5% in Salesforce following earnings.
—Alex Harring,pia Singh, CNBC, 28 May 2025
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
And their offense was picking up only so much of the slack, weighed down by early slumps from Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and Michael Conforto, as well as inconsistent performances from other bottom-half hitters.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Universities are still reeling from the campus protests that spawned a wave of harassment against Jewish students, while questions of affordability and political bias have increasingly weighed down public support, especially among Republicans.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 48 points, or 0.1%, weighed down by a slide of 5% in Salesforce following earnings.
—Alex Harring,pia Singh, CNBC, 28 May 2025
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh%20down. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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