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
Large swaths of oriental bittersweet weighing down trees and damaging forests can be found in pockets all across Indiana.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
Everything’s weighed down to the hundredth of a gram.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2025
For many readers, like me, TFP is a welcome alternative to the incurious group-think that weighed down The Gray Lady.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Plus, they’re designed not to weigh down your ears or cause pain.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
Everything’s weighed down to the hundredth of a gram.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2025
For many readers, like me, TFP is a welcome alternative to the incurious group-think that weighed down The Gray Lady.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Plus, they’re designed not to weigh down your ears or cause pain.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weigh down
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Poetry is a feeling worth getting down, a process that begins with attending and listening.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Grapefruit lovers will get down with Rosemary Jane, while G&T loyalists should try the Tet & Tonic, with chamomile and 5 mg each of THC and CBD for a balanced, uplifting effect.—
Chala June,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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This sounds like depressing stuff, and Mothertongue is not extremely upbeat.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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China has historically been the largest export market for American soybeans, so the embargo has significantly depressed American soybean prices for the past few months.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Advocates say the push burdens states with duplicative verification checks and could lead people to lose coverage just for missing paperwork deadlines.—
Phil Galewitz,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The researchers wanted to understand how moment-to-moment social experiences, especially with friends, might act as a buffer against loneliness, and whether this effect depends on how burdened caregivers feel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
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But people all over the country are increasingly troubled by our government’s lack of fairness and due process and want to do something about it.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025
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That last hurdle, safely landing a SpaceX Starship HLS (Human Landing System) spacecraft, carrying two astronauts, upright on the moon, particularly troubles Green.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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More broadly, the NBA has expressed concern about prop bets, while other sports leagues have worried about the potential for manipulation.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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After Trump spoke to Lurie, local leaders and advocates worried that Trump would shift his attention from San Francisco, which at one point hosted more billionaires than any other city, to less powerful and more diverse enclaves like Oakland and Alameda.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Maloyan served as Archbishop of Mardin from 1911 to 1915 and was tortured and killed after refusing to convert to Islam.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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In addition to Longo, Pope Leo elevated six other men and women to sainthood, including an Armenian archbishop tortured and killed after refusing to renounce Catholicism, a Venezuelan physician who dedicated his service to the poor and several nuns who spent decades helping the downtrodden.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Our systems were built to oppress people of color.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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The men are seen as misogynistic, and the women are oppressed.—
Deena ElGenaidi,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weigh%20down. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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