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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
As health care costs rise, patients aren’t just shouldering higher bills.
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Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Engage your core and use your back and shoulder muscles to draw the weights up toward your rib cage.
—Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 Apr. 2026
Of those, about 20% are low-income residents who shoulder some of the highest energy costs in the state.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
In the Cape Ann League, seniors Finn Wright (six goals, assist) and Luke Wile (four goals, assist) shouldered the load offensively as Ipswich pulled away for an 18-5 win over Lynnfield.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Engage your core and use your back and shoulder muscles to draw the weights up toward your rib cage.
—Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 Apr. 2026
Of those, about 20% are low-income residents who shoulder some of the highest energy costs in the state.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
In the Cape Ann League, seniors Finn Wright (six goals, assist) and Luke Wile (four goals, assist) shouldered the load offensively as Ipswich pulled away for an 18-5 win over Lynnfield.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
Verb
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The two later accepted 19 and 13 years, respectively, through a plea deal.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Your 9th House of Higher Learning receives this New Moon, inviting you to accept growing pains as natural parts of life.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sandbags have been replaced in key areas, and crews are now pushing to get the hydroelectric powerhouse back online to help redirect water and relieve pressure on the dam.—
Terrance Friday,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In Asia, the Iran war is pushing South Korea to increase nuclear power generation, while Taiwan is debating restarting mothballed reactors.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Lyons later assumed leadership roles at ICE headquarters, including as the assistant director for field operations at ICE's deportation branch, Enforcement and Removal Operations.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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If the opening feels uncertain, readers assume the rest will be off track, too.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
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Especially for a guy who had a second Tommy John elbow surgery in August 2023, then at the end of a healthy 2025 spring was sidelined by an odd left arm nerve issue that required an August decompression procedure to address.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes, one of the most entertaining parts of a performance is the audience — especially when the show has shimmied and elbowed its way up from open mics and crowded basements, gathering good will along the way.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine's capital bore some of the heaviest damage.—
Aidan Stretch,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The company swiftly reintroduced the practice and gradually P&G’s first official logo, a moon with 13 stars (one for each of America’s original colonies), was born.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Focusing on everyday shapewear, Yummie hugs instead of squeezes like traditional shapewear that can be extremely tight and constrictive.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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All movies need a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, because small and mid-budget movies that hit streaming sooner are getting squeezed.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2026
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His administration has undertaken extraordinary efforts to infuse Christianity into government functions — establishing a White House Faith Office, holding prayer services at the Pentagon and the Labor Department.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Fairlead Strategies undertakes no obligation to maintain or update this material based on subsequent information and events or to provide you with any additional or supplemental information or any update to or correction of the information contained herein.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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