as in to get down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weigh down
But pouring money into the Titanic to refloat is, has been demonstrated over the years to weigh down the Titanic even more, to keep it on the bottom of the ocean floor.
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Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
So, shop it here, as well as some of my other volumizing favorites perfect for thin or fine hair that won’t weigh down strands or give an unwanted coating or texture.
—Olivia Cefalu, InStyle, 8 Apr. 2026
This might threaten unrelieved angst weighing down a 90-minute drama, or, maybe worse, a didactic, finger-wagging life lesson lecture.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Fishermen found lobsters and crabs painted black and weighed down by oil.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
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Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
So, shop it here, as well as some of my other volumizing favorites perfect for thin or fine hair that won’t weigh down strands or give an unwanted coating or texture.
—Olivia Cefalu, InStyle, 8 Apr. 2026
This might threaten unrelieved angst weighing down a 90-minute drama, or, maybe worse, a didactic, finger-wagging life lesson lecture.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Fishermen found lobsters and crabs painted black and weighed down by oil.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weigh down
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If the temperatures get down to 28-degrees Fahrenheit, plant kills are about a 10% likelihood.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Pay the toll, get down the road.—
Sean Clancy,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
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The perky response of Hungary’s currency and equity markets, at a time when war in the Gulf is depressing asset prices everywhere, shows Orbanism clearly wasn’t working for business.—
Lionel Laurent,
Twin Cities,
17 Apr. 2026
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So why isn’t any of this depressing him?—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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King is especially distraught in the season finale after learning that she'll be deposed again in a lawsuit against the ER — a suit and deposition that has burdened the doctor all season.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Healey must think ratepayers – who are burdened with some of the highest energy costs in the country – are pretty stupid and simple minded.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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The second scenario which had troubled Democrats earlier this Spring is that the Democratic candidates continue splitting the vote, allowing Hilton and Republican Chad Bianco to advance.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Most Americans are troubled by the belief that some wealthy people and corporations don’t pay their fair share of taxes, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in January.—
Linley Sanders,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Another employee spoke with The New Yorker for the 2016 story while wearing a disguise, worried about retribution.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Hikers, who already worry about bikes flying down narrow trails, now worry about e-bikes flying up from behind.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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As the governments of US and Iran try to negotiate a peace deal, many Iranians are still being arrested, tortured and executed, according to rights groups.—
Dana Karni,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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In December 2019, an immigration judge granted Rivera Ortega protection under the Convention Against Torture, a United Nations treaty designed to protect people who could be tortured if deported.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Much of progressive ideological frameworks tend to divide the world into oppressors and oppressed.—
Arie Perliger,
The Conversation,
18 Mar. 2026
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For 47 years, Iranians have been subject to a regime that seeks to divide them, isolate them, oppress them, torture them and dispose of them.—
Talla Mountjoy,
Twin Cities,
11 Mar. 2026
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