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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
Together, Guerrero and Bichette shouldered the Blue Jays through a rebuild.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Careful not to wake the children, Michelle shouldered her pack and tiptoed out the front door.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Running back Rhamondre Stevenson delivered a lackluster chip block on the strip-sack, but Campbell shouldered the blame when speaking with reporters postgame.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Cali sighed, too, then shouldered her bag.
—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Business leader Valeisha Butterfield recently launched the Global State of Women Rapid Relief Fund, recognizing that Black women have shouldered more than their fair share of economic hardship.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Sep. 2025
Running back Waymond Jordan shouldered the load in the rushing attack with 16 carries for 167 yards and a touchdown.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
To be a real man, according to this content, young adolescent boys are expected to be tall and broad-shouldered with bulging biceps, pronounced trapezius muscles, and washboard abs.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Part of these costs is being shouldered by home insurers, who have paid millions in claims in recent years to policyholders affected by hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding across the country.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Careful not to wake the children, Michelle shouldered her pack and tiptoed out the front door.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Running back Rhamondre Stevenson delivered a lackluster chip block on the strip-sack, but Campbell shouldered the blame when speaking with reporters postgame.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Cali sighed, too, then shouldered her bag.
—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Business leader Valeisha Butterfield recently launched the Global State of Women Rapid Relief Fund, recognizing that Black women have shouldered more than their fair share of economic hardship.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Sep. 2025
Running back Waymond Jordan shouldered the load in the rushing attack with 16 carries for 167 yards and a touchdown.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
To be a real man, according to this content, young adolescent boys are expected to be tall and broad-shouldered with bulging biceps, pronounced trapezius muscles, and washboard abs.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Part of these costs is being shouldered by home insurers, who have paid millions in claims in recent years to policyholders affected by hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding across the country.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouldered
Verb
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The bride chose a buffet-style dinner for her nuptials, and assumed there would be plenty of food to go around.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Interestingly, what many Countdown viewers surely assumed to be a season-long threat — the aforementioned Volchek and his plan to explode multiple bombs at an outdoor Los Angeles galleria — was resolved early in Episode 10 of 13.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Johnson said that is when another woman pushed her and Johnson fired shots at her, according to the affidavit.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
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The conservative host pushed the president on whether viewers should boycott the NFL over their choice of halftime entertainer.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One persons convictions may not be a conviction to others, and that has to accepted and equally challenged in good faith.—
Emily Trainham,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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On March 10, with a blend of American mediation and pressure, the SDF’s leader Mazloum Abdi accepted a year-end deadline to fold SDF forces into Syrian state structures.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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While ultrafast and squeezed light pulses have been separately used for transmitting data, combining them enhances both speed and security.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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State agencies, including DWR, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, CAL FIRE, Caltrans, the California Geological Survey and the California Conservation Corps, undertook extensive missions to protect communities and water resources from wildfire and flood impacts.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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In March 2023, Prince William undertook a solo trip to Poland to thank British and Polish troops involved in the conflict and responding to the humanitarian crisis on the front lines.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The massive tunnel system took more than a decade to dig and prepare, during which time Citizens did more than bore out deep rock tunnels.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the rear-view mirror, her mother’s dark eyes were boring into hers.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Shouldered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouldered. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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