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Recent Examples of encumbrance Unlike them, Daisy is free of encumbrances like the need to sleep. Ali Watkins, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 The title reflects ongoing ownership, which may include various legal claims or encumbrances, while the deed is specific to the act of transferring ownership from one party to another. True Tamplin, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 The narrative spun by Johnson and his allies was that the country’s natural exuberance had been stifled for half a century by bureaucrats in Brussels and that freed from these encumbrances, the union would flourish. Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024 Meanwhile, many of the same people were evicted from their houses as landowners used the crisis to clear off these human encumbrances and free their fields for more profitable pasturage. Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for encumbrance
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Noun
  • Highlighting the beauty and peril of open water swimming and the obstacles women continue to face in the pursuit of equality, Vindication Swim has been praised for its vivid portrait of Gleitze as a pioneering trailblazer for women’s open water swimming around the world.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The move by Maxwell, while expected, adds to the obstacles the DOJ must overcome to release grand jury transcripts from Epstein's and Maxwell's cases.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Soon after, another hurdle appeared: a recurring inguinal hernia that led to frequent hospital visits, including spending Christmas Day in the emergency room.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Funneling the prescriptions through one particular pharmacy introduces a variety of logistical hurdles and delays.
    Samuel Ganz, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Similar obstructions abound on the storefront windows near her house.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
  • She was convicted of two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice during an investigation into the alleged death of her celebrity pet chimpanzee, Tonka.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The memory of her own childhood embarrassment—drinking from old creamer containers at school lunch to save money—flashed through her mind.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Nick Kroll co-created the raunchy comedy, which explores puberty, sexuality, and the never-ending embarrassments of adolescence.
    Huntley Woods, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Encumbrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encumbrance. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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