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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
Food bank services have had to take on a bigger role in addressing the growing need for food assistance, shouldering more of the costs that previously would have been covered by government programs, said Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin director of partnerships Abby Beau.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Supervisor Lucas Frerichs also voiced his frustration over the county shouldering these hefty costs.
—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
Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Supervisor Lucas Frerichs also voiced his frustration over the county shouldering these hefty costs.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouldering
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Passengers need more control of their seat assignments Ideally, there would also be a mechanism for accepting or rejecting a new seat.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Besides the power of the auto industry, Americans have become accepting of the ten of thousands of car crash fatalities every year.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rice arrived in the summer of 2023 as a multifaceted midfielder who spent most of his first six months at Arsenal playing as a No 6, before pushing up into a more box-to-box role in the second half of 2023-24.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and the richest person on the planet, has single-handedly been one of most influential leaders in pushing for 21st-century space accessibility.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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But Vrabel isn’t assuming that will mean anything in New Orleans, even against a middle-of-the-pack Saints run offense.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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But that's assuming the success of a predecessor project for this sail concept, called Solar Cruiser.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Record high inflation and a weak yen are also squeezing households and driving up living costs.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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All the while, overall streaming growth has slowed in recent years, squeezing artists’ margins even further.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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Around the same time, a statue of Columbus in a park bearing his name in Boston was beheaded in the dead of night.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Suppliers are squeezed by buyers who want lower prices and faster turnaround; buyers are squeezed by shareholders demanding higher margins; and workers get squeezed at the end of the line, bearing the brunt of both.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That would send Putin a message about the price of undertaking hybrid warfare.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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This article is a must read for anyone undertaking anticolonial study.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Shouldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouldering. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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