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as in to accept
to take to or upon oneself
agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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Recent Examples of shoulder
Keeping your spine straight and core engaged, lift your hands to shoulder height with straight arms.
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Jenessa Connor, Health, 11 Mar. 2026
Davies is also expected to shoulder enormous pressure as the standard-bearer of a program and of a growing sport at a time when the country desperately needs one.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
But after 34 games, Arnold has proven herself more than capable of shouldering the responsibility.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Before Chicago’s taxpayers are asked to shoulder another property tax increase, CPS must demonstrate effective use of current funding.
—Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
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Jenessa Connor, Health, 11 Mar. 2026
Davies is also expected to shoulder enormous pressure as the standard-bearer of a program and of a growing sport at a time when the country desperately needs one.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
But after 34 games, Arnold has proven herself more than capable of shouldering the responsibility.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Before Chicago’s taxpayers are asked to shoulder another property tax increase, CPS must demonstrate effective use of current funding.
—Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
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The Pentagon had accepted his compromise, Altman implied, because his safeguards were not smuggled into the contract as an arbitrary restriction of Pentagon freedom.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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These materials can accept electrons from one source and pass them along to another, allowing electrical signals to travel from the bacteria to the electrode.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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McMillan said the loss to Oklahoma helped the Aggies, who had to re-establish their toughness after the Sooners pushed them around.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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And as importantly, nobody knows how the political reality will push the actual oil supply.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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This assumes the ability to accelerate exports to more than 7 million barrels a day in the second half of the year, alongside higher payments from Aramco due to elevated crude prices.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Many people would assume the email must be legitimate.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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The other one laughed but elbowed him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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Since returning from hip and elbow injuries that kept him out of three games, James has had the third-highest usage rate on the team in each of the last three games.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Moo Deng soared to stardom shortly after she was born in 2024, largely thanks to a keeper who shared adorable pictures and videos of the baby hippo on social media.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Whether the president’s January 2025 executive order applies to children born under these circumstances will likely hinge on the definition of one word in its text.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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Gasoline prices have raced closer to $4 per gallon during the war, squeezing many household budgets that are already under pressure.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Research budgets were gutted, marketing hollowed out, suppliers squeezed.—
Paul Polman,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Some may feel the problem is hopeless, but on Saturday, one man was undertaking an arduous journey to bring attention to the problem.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Over the ensuing 10 months, the Vatican undertook extensive renovations to the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, which hadn’t been used during Francis’ 12-year papacy and was in dire need of an update to bring its electric, plumbing and other utilities up to standard.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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