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as in to burden
to place a weight or burden on
students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work
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as in to fill
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat
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as in loading
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida
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as in ton
loads plural
a considerable amount
there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left
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Recent Examples of load
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
With the latter two no longer on the team, the Chiefs loaded up with slot options this offseason.
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Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
Build a base of strength first, ease into the load and listen to your body.
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Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
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With other teams, including the Toronto Raptors, loading up, the East is open again.
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Tony Jones,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
With the latter two no longer on the team, the Chiefs loaded up with slot options this offseason.
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Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
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Fredericson said the activity pushes the body into the cardio sweet spot of roughly 60 to 70 percent of max heart rate, and noted that research shows carrying heavy loads over complex terrain elevates cardiorespiratory demand.
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Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
Build a base of strength first, ease into the load and listen to your body.
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Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for load
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Unlike larger networks burdened by high costs, Mercury is built to grow sustainably, providing the right support without compromising independence.
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Trump had argued that a president shouldn’t be burdened with defending himself against decades-old charges.
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Rather than designing a luxury escape filled with domestic gadgets, the architects have shaped a home that encourages slowing down and reconnecting with nature.
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Through the risk of lightning, sticky humidity and a winding line filled with thousands of chanting fans, Argentine fans flooded Bayfront Park with a sea of blue jerseys.
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While requiring a fourth crew member, manual loading offers flexibility in ammunition handling and eliminates reliance on a mechanical autoloader.
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That is the piece that could change how loading docks operate.
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Each scoop lifted tons of earth and rock as engineers raced to complete one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in history.
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It is designed to place nearly a half-ton of payload mass into low-Earth orbit.
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Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population.
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The July 1 Reinsurance Reset July 1 is one of four dates a year when large blocks of reinsurance renew, the mid-year round weighted toward American business.
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Volunteers with Georgia's Own Credit Union spent Tuesday packing 500 meal kits as part of MUST Ministries' Summer Lunch program.
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Either way, Aestura’s Atobarrier 365 Ceramide Cream Mist is an easy way to give quick hydration to dry, stressed skin, thanks to an ultrafine spray packed with ceramides.
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Metadata provides the context needed to understand how workloads communicate, where traffic is moving and how AI systems behave over time without requiring organizations to analyze every prompt, transaction or data payload individually.
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The first stage puts its payload inside an app bundle that impersonates real components built into macOS.
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The Murdochs kept Fox Sports, the Fox broadcast network, TV stations, Fox News Channel and the studio lot.
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The Real Housewives of Orange County cast stops for a pic at the season 20 premiere party on June 30 at the Universal Studios lot in California.
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“Load.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/load. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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