as in loading
to place a weight or burden on
to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case
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Recent Examples of saddling
Some hospitals owned by private-equity firms sell the land under their buildings, enriching the owners but saddling the facilities with higher rent costs.
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Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Kirk believed universities had drifted away from teaching critical skills like writing and problem solving, focusing instead on conformity while saddling students with debt.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The solution must be just as collective—corporate, academic, and federal actors aligning to ensure advanced education strengthens both opportunity and the economy without saddling the next generation with unsustainable debt.
—Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Increasingly, the initiative has been seen as luring in low income countries with promises of lofty investment, but saddling them with unsustainable debts.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
His strategy could bankrupt or diminish the fund, some legal scholars and public health leaders say, saddling pharmaceutical companies with liability risks and costs that would compel them to stop making vaccines altogether.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
The plan simplifies the loan repayment system to help troubled borrowers repay loans without saddling taxpayers with the burden of paying back the loans of wealthy borrowers.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
His style has sent ripples through the tabletop community, dubbed ‘The Mercer Effect,’ saddling at-home DMs with the daunting task of living up to the expectations of players weaned on Critical Role storytelling.
—Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Kirk believed universities had drifted away from teaching critical skills like writing and problem solving, focusing instead on conformity while saddling students with debt.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The solution must be just as collective—corporate, academic, and federal actors aligning to ensure advanced education strengthens both opportunity and the economy without saddling the next generation with unsustainable debt.
—Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Increasingly, the initiative has been seen as luring in low income countries with promises of lofty investment, but saddling them with unsustainable debts.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
His strategy could bankrupt or diminish the fund, some legal scholars and public health leaders say, saddling pharmaceutical companies with liability risks and costs that would compel them to stop making vaccines altogether.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
The plan simplifies the loan repayment system to help troubled borrowers repay loans without saddling taxpayers with the burden of paying back the loans of wealthy borrowers.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
His style has sent ripples through the tabletop community, dubbed ‘The Mercer Effect,’ saddling at-home DMs with the daunting task of living up to the expectations of players weaned on Critical Role storytelling.
—Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saddling
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First steps in that process occurred last week, when the Chokai practiced loading dummy Tomahawk munitions into its vertical launch cells.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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In two of them — July 17, 2005, and July 5, 2008 — the Red Sox actually scored a run before loading the bases … and before Mariano Rivera then escaped all that trouble.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Early expansion through franchisees lets founders avoid burdening corporate capital with every new location.—
Gary Occhiogrosso,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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Rite Aid first filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, largely because of competition from bigger chains and its debt pile, which topped $4 billion due to expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Doing things for me would be washing my car or filling up my tank.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Saddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saddling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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