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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
San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey shouldered the team’s offensive output in the win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Maiava, who’s typically reserved, shouldered some of the blame after completing just 52% of his passes and throwing a season-high two interceptions.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Last season, Reenie began shouldering much of that responsibility with Velma as Teddi was phased out of the show.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
Glenn shoulders the blame for that, especially in light of some questionable decision-making during the loss to the Broncos.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Maiava, who’s typically reserved, shouldered some of the blame after completing just 52% of his passes and throwing a season-high two interceptions.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Last season, Reenie began shouldering much of that responsibility with Velma as Teddi was phased out of the show.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
Glenn shoulders the blame for that, especially in light of some questionable decision-making during the loss to the Broncos.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
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Members of the committee from both political parties criticized Underly for choosing to accept an alumni award at Indiana University instead of appearing before the committee Thursday to answer questions about student safety for the public that have arisen because of the Capital Times reporting.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Scholtes accepted a plea deal that carries a sentence of 20 to 30 years in prison.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Altria The parent company of tobacco brand Marlboro and one of the country’s largest tobacco firms has pushed for less FDA oversight of e-cigarettes.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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As Lloyd Kelly passes to Andrea Cambiaso, Valverde pushes up from right-back while Jude Bellingham and Tchouameni track Teun Koopmeiners and Khephren Thuram.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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All the original Hinas on Kele had to assume Jason was toast if new Hina lost, so why not even the score by losing and taking out an original Uli in Shannon instead?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan, and Nina Barker-Francis will assume the roles of the golden trio (Harry, Ron, and Hermione respectively) beginning in audiobook four and carrying through to the epic conclusion.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Place your feet hip-width apart and elbows shoulder-width apart.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
22 Oct. 2025
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Termites have a thicker body and antennae that are not elbowed.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sillman, who was born in 1989, studied finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and started his own firm, Compass Management Group, which offered financial services to athletes and entertainers.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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Having to choose between good and evil, in the Grand Inquisitor’s view, is a burden that human beings are too weak to bear.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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In a sector already squeezed by rising land prices, material costs, and labor shortages, those weeks of manual quantification represent millions of dollars in overhead that never swing a hammer.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Made mostly of muscle without a bone in their bodies, these wonderful weirdos can squeeze into spaces scarcely bigger than their eyeballs.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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The documentary, from filmmaker Xander Robin and Artists Equity, is about an initiative undertaken by the Florida government during which the general public competes in a contest to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Trump has undertaken massive changes within the State Department, including laying off hundreds of employees and cutting foreign assistance.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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