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- agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of shoulder was before the 12th century
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