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as in to accept
to take to or upon oneself
agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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Recent Examples of shoulder
The final section from the Agriculture Committee proposed cutting the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, known as SNAP, by expanding work requirements, limiting future expansions of the program and forcing states to shoulder more of the cost.
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Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Suarez blew the save, took the loss and shouldered the blame.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
But Ritter describes being unable to contain or even rationalize his feelings, needing a target to shoulder the blame.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 May 2025
Simone is especially good at showing how defensive and withdrawn some people become when shouldering the burden of a traumatic experience.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
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Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Suarez blew the save, took the loss and shouldered the blame.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
But Ritter describes being unable to contain or even rationalize his feelings, needing a target to shoulder the blame.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 May 2025
Simone is especially good at showing how defensive and withdrawn some people become when shouldering the burden of a traumatic experience.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
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Operating engineers make $10K United Way donation United Way Northwest Indiana recently accepted a $10,000 donation from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 during a special check presentation ceremony, according to a release.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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In January, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to 11 years in prison after he was found to have accepted bribes to take action to benefit the governments of Qatar and Egypt.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
25 May 2025
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As Nuno pointed out, the player of the season award could reasonably have been renamed the ‘team of the season award’ during a campaign in which Forest followed up back-to-back fights against relegation by pushing for Champions League qualification.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Florida’s educators are the backbone of our society, yet they are being pushed to the margins by inadequate pay.—
LaKeisha Wells-Palmer,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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The industry assumes engine testing has to happen in remote areas.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In a revealing interview on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, Omos detailed his journey from assuming his rapid growth was normal to facing a critical health crisis.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The centralized placement also helps to keep shoulders relaxed and elbows in.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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From the final moments of O’Neil’s tenure, when defeat at home by Ipswich Town prompted a post-match meltdown that included Cunha elbowing a member of Ipswich’s staff then ripping his glasses from his face, the highly emotional forward never seemed far from implosion.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Abramović’s work has always been educationally infused with Balkan wisdom and sensibilities from her childhood — she was born in Belgrade, Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Jenkins was born in Philadelphia, spending his formative years in Queens, New York.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
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The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, the Bank carried out some of the functions of a modern central bank, such as managing the money supply and undertaking a rudimentary form of macroeconomic policy and bank regulation.—
Time,
Time,
23 May 2025
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However, these trips weren’t undertaken with the aid of a compass, sextant, or even a map.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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