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burden

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noun (2)

as in chorus
a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often had some trouble coming up with a burden for the song

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burden

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verb

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Recent Examples of burden
Noun
That burden falls on us—comics, audiences, citizens. Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025 Suddenly, any of these experiences could start to feel like a burden or a source of overwhelming worry. Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Quarterback Noah Fifita does not look as burdened with expectations. Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025 Hopefully, leaders will make the transition to autonomous service before burdening consumers with even higher sales tax rates. Marc Joffe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for burden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burden
Verb
  • When Harrison loaded the bases and gave up an RBI single and two-run double, Cora could wait no longer.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Morgan Wallen is locked and loaded in a new teaser for Battlefield 6.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The four-time Formula One champion began in pole position after a chaotic qualifying session on Saturday and was never troubled after making a good start in Baku.
    Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • As part of Kruse and Fialko's lawsuit, an emotional letter from Keough to her grandmother was made public, in which the Zola actress said she was troubled by how quickly Presley sought to settle Lisa Marie's estate after her death in January 2023.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While renters in the city rejoiced, concerns have emerged that the freeze could depress real estate company valuations and scare off foreign investors.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And according to an analysis from the Wharton School, the president’s alma mater, a long-term crackdown on immigration could shrink the economy by up to 1% of gross domestic product and depress wages for the typical American worker.
    Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some furniture executives worry about rising prices and the lack of domestic manufacturing capacity.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And while some worry that changing the exclusion could flood the market, Moody’s analysis finds that even a 25% spike in listings would only restore sales to normal, pre-crisis levels.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her attorneys said Ozturk, a Turkish national, spent six weeks in detention for writing an op-ed in her student newspaper the year before that criticized the university’s rejection of student government resolutions concerning Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • More concerning still is what the expiration of AGOA portends for the future, the academic believes.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Anyone who’s in power can barely resist the urge to oppress people with less power.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
  • Hamas has terrorized the Israeli people and oppressed the people of Gaza, causing horrific suffering.
    Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • His heart was racing, his breathing distressed.
    Paul Sisson, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His heart was racing, his breathing distressed.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Burden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burden. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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