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as in assumed
to take to or upon oneself
agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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Recent Examples of shouldered
However, either of those options would leave Houston one reliever short in a bullpen that just shouldered a seismic workload during this seven-game road trip.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Since Tanner died, Shay has taken on the work of platforming colorectal cancer awareness, as well as shouldered the mantle of becoming a grief awareness advocate.
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Shay Martin,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Its merger with Musk’s AI startup xAI has shouldered it with a controversial albatross that also happens to be a gigantic money hole.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
Steyer shouldered 63% of that total sum.
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Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
Since then, the City has shouldered increasing responsibility without corresponding County investment.
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Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
This extends not only to their immediate objectives — finding safety, love and liberation — but to the more conceptual notions of their long-standing existence in Hindu societies, where they’re shouldered with a spiritual importance than can swiftly be stripped away.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Gavin Biggins shouldered the load offensively with four goals, while Brayden Rau (hat trick) sniped the game-ending tally as Rockland knocked off South Shore League foe East Bridgewater in overtime, 9-8.
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Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
Californians’ need for health care doesn’t just disappear when there isn’t coverage; instead, they are pushed into emergency care and treated at a higher cost, often shouldered by taxpayers and other patients with private insurance.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Since Tanner died, Shay has taken on the work of platforming colorectal cancer awareness, as well as shouldered the mantle of becoming a grief awareness advocate.
—
Shay Martin,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Its merger with Musk’s AI startup xAI has shouldered it with a controversial albatross that also happens to be a gigantic money hole.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
Steyer shouldered 63% of that total sum.
—
Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
Since then, the City has shouldered increasing responsibility without corresponding County investment.
—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
This extends not only to their immediate objectives — finding safety, love and liberation — but to the more conceptual notions of their long-standing existence in Hindu societies, where they’re shouldered with a spiritual importance than can swiftly be stripped away.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Gavin Biggins shouldered the load offensively with four goals, while Brayden Rau (hat trick) sniped the game-ending tally as Rockland knocked off South Shore League foe East Bridgewater in overtime, 9-8.
—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
Californians’ need for health care doesn’t just disappear when there isn’t coverage; instead, they are pushed into emergency care and treated at a higher cost, often shouldered by taxpayers and other patients with private insurance.
—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouldered
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Many business leaders assumed the semiconductor crisis ended with the pandemic.
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The defense attorney said police automatically assumed her client was the suspect from the start.
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Earlier this week Iran also pushed back against a statement from France’s President Emmanuel Macron that said France, Oman and others would collaborate on removing mines from the strait.
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Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries — wary of being left exposed by another global crisis akin to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — to shore up their stockpiles.
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On Friday, Pope Leo formally accepted the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center, a non-partisan non-profit located across from Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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Reuters Calling on America to recommit itself to its founding principles of unity and peace at home and abroad, Pope Leo XIV accepted the Liberty Medal on Friday during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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The performance uptick that Motorola squeezed from the 2026 Razr+ is minor at best, with results showing no significant year-over-year gains.
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There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
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In 1944, a century after the Great Famine, the Irish Folklore Commission undertook a massive survey to collect memories of the time.
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More recently, historians have suggested that men did encroach on midwifery practices, but much earlier than the early modern period; and that female midwives still undertook the vast majority of maternity care well into the Enlightenment.
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The message is that in a world full of endless choices, commitment and sticking to one thing isn't boring, and can in fact bring you the ultimate joy.
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He’s been bored of this war for a while, and in the West Wing, there was a race to be done with it.
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