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as in accepting
to take to or upon oneself
agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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Recent Examples of shouldering
Supervisor Lucas Frerichs also voiced his frustration over the county shouldering these hefty costs.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Asked who is shouldering the cost of tariffs, the average respondent says 31% is paid by the consumer, 29% by wholesalers and importers, and 23% by retailers.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Keegan Bradley is currently shouldering the immense pressure of representing American golf, a burden that will only intensify as the Ryder Cup draws near.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
What looks like a budget saving in the near term can therefore have the opposite effect, with government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid ultimately shouldering higher costs.
—Zeynep Hasgül, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Who had been shouldering this responsibility of caring for this last individual.
—Maria Reva
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The Iron Claw A24's 2023 sports drama chronicles the real-life saga of the Von Erich brothers, who body-slammed their way into professional wrestling esteem in the 1980s while shouldering multiple family tragedies and the burden of their father's (Holt McCallany) towering legacy in the ring.
—Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Redshirt freshman Sire Gaines and sixth-year transfer Malik Sherrod entered the season shouldering the burden of replacing Jeanty, and neither will be pleased with their opening game.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
The farmer has been shouldering the greatest risks in the food value chain and the burden is getting unbearably heavy with no end in sight.
—Beth Ford, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Asked who is shouldering the cost of tariffs, the average respondent says 31% is paid by the consumer, 29% by wholesalers and importers, and 23% by retailers.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Keegan Bradley is currently shouldering the immense pressure of representing American golf, a burden that will only intensify as the Ryder Cup draws near.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
What looks like a budget saving in the near term can therefore have the opposite effect, with government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid ultimately shouldering higher costs.
—Zeynep Hasgül, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Who had been shouldering this responsibility of caring for this last individual.
—Maria Reva
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The Iron Claw A24's 2023 sports drama chronicles the real-life saga of the Von Erich brothers, who body-slammed their way into professional wrestling esteem in the 1980s while shouldering multiple family tragedies and the burden of their father's (Holt McCallany) towering legacy in the ring.
—Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Redshirt freshman Sire Gaines and sixth-year transfer Malik Sherrod entered the season shouldering the burden of replacing Jeanty, and neither will be pleased with their opening game.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
The farmer has been shouldering the greatest risks in the food value chain and the burden is getting unbearably heavy with no end in sight.
—Beth Ford, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouldering
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Head coach Aaron Glenn cost the Jets a TD on the first drive by accepting a penalty to make it 2nd-and-goal at the 3-yard line instead of declining and taking 3rd-and-goal at the 1-yard line.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Faith had written a message on the mirror, accepting his proposal.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Keeping his foot on the gas also means pushing ahead with reforms.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Undocumented immigrants are not legally eligible for the health subsidies Democrats are pushing for in the negotiations.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With all members present, Johnson can currently only afford to lose two Republican votes on any bill, assuming all Democrats are opposed.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Players today come into the league rightly assuming that audiences for professional women’s sports are there.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But, to do you any good, squeezing the veins must propel the blood in the right direction, toward the heart.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The earbuds are controlled by squeezing the stem.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One such machine reproduced a single photo as a sheet of fifty stamps bearing the photo’s image.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Cards bearing Hernandez-Gazga's name were recovered from a bin inside the apartment.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This past summer, a group of Indigenous high schoolers set out to raft one hundred uninterrupted miles of the river, undertaking a journey that would have been impossible a century ago.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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This often leads to a certain degree of inconsistency in outcomes and variability in the experience for families undertaking this already onerous process.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Shouldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouldering. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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