as in to bear (down on)
to push steadily against with some force
the bulky backpack weighed upon my back uncomfortably
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Council members LaWana Slack-Mayfield, Malcolm Graham and Joi Mayo, whose west Charlotte District 3 contains most of the affected part of I-77, pressed the agency on its slow responses to their questions, asked in November, shortly after NCDOT released its maps for the first time.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
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Kennedy has spent months pressing schools to increase nutrition education, threatening funding cuts for those that refuse and promising public recognition for those that comply.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
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Who among us hasn't left butter out on the counter for toast, bought it in bulk on sale, or shoved a stick to the back of the fridge and forgotten about it?—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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Denver's bench was called for a technical in the third quarter, and there was plenty of trash talking and shoving throughout.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
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This enables compressed heat to be stored and reused throughout the process without fossil fuel combustion, delivering significant low‑carbon benefits, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Inevitably, however, the result feels like the character evolutions, machinations, and plot pivots of an entire series of the show compressed desperately into 112 minutes.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Weigh (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weigh%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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