as in troubles
to make sad
that sort of news really bums me out
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Verb
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There is one enemy, however, that still troubles him.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026 -
What troubles me most about the manosphere documentary is not the influencers themselves.—
Steven Burg,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The risk is that China inspires its trading partners to resort to a protectionism that depresses prosperity for everyone.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
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Whichever one depresses you less.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Pour enough on so that the water gets down to the roots.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
16 May 2026
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And then Tabakis gets down to business with five emotionally tangled pieces for electric guitar.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Spielberg’s latest, like some of his earliest and most beloved films, again concerns what might fall from above.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The closest analog to what Blue Origin is attempting to do, therefore, concerns the rebuild of Space Launch Complex-40, which was largely destroyed by the AMOS-6 failure.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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The Wrong Tax There is a compliance cost that genuinely burdens IPO candidates and receives almost no attention in the current deregulatory debate.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Writing for the Court, Gorsuch rejected Jackson’s core argument that Colorado’s law merely regulates professional conduct and only incidentally burdens speech.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But that trajectory could change now as the latest inflation report weighs down both lenders and borrowers.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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But what if carrying a heavy defensive burden changes that, and weighs down that side of the game?—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His comments come as concerns mount over the possibility of AI replacing jobs and worries that the tech is moving too quickly.—
Annie Palmer,Samantha Subin,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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Wall Street worries the Fed is wildly off course in fighting inflation.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
Verb
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However, that really saddens me now.—
Abigail Wise,
Outside,
3 Jan. 2026
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Being stuck in the middle is what saddens the Others.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Bums (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bums%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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