as in got down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weighed down
Korean scalp treatments often come in lightweight, fast-absorbing liquids, essences, or refreshing tonics designed to be massaged directly into the scalp without leaving hair greasy or weighed down.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 24 Feb. 2026
Akamai Technologies — Shares of the cloud computing company slumped about 10%, weighed down by weak guidance.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Light humectants, including glycerin, make sure your skin is hydrated upon rinsing without making your face feel overly nourished or weighed down, making this formula ideal for combination skin as well as for use into the sweaty summer months.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Through the striking comparison of yesterday’s expectations and the mundane reality of those who were born and raised in the shadow of a phantom project, Rosario Minervini performs a dissection of clinical precision of the delays that have weighed down Italy’s collective psyche over time.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
In addition, prior to Nabi’s appointment, sources pointed to the fact that Coty was weighed down by two other factors.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
As hotel values in 2025 rose in Southern California, a slump in Northern California showed a decline that suggests the market remains weighed down by a host of economic maladies, a new report shows.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
This technique will keep your roots fresh and lock in hydration without making your hair feel weighed down.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2026
After hitting a high in 2021, biotech stocks have struggled, weighed down by economic policies, regulatory uncertainty, and traders’ waning interest in the high costs and low success rate of drug development.
—Allison Deangelis, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 24 Feb. 2026
Akamai Technologies — Shares of the cloud computing company slumped about 10%, weighed down by weak guidance.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Light humectants, including glycerin, make sure your skin is hydrated upon rinsing without making your face feel overly nourished or weighed down, making this formula ideal for combination skin as well as for use into the sweaty summer months.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Through the striking comparison of yesterday’s expectations and the mundane reality of those who were born and raised in the shadow of a phantom project, Rosario Minervini performs a dissection of clinical precision of the delays that have weighed down Italy’s collective psyche over time.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
In addition, prior to Nabi’s appointment, sources pointed to the fact that Coty was weighed down by two other factors.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
As hotel values in 2025 rose in Southern California, a slump in Northern California showed a decline that suggests the market remains weighed down by a host of economic maladies, a new report shows.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
This technique will keep your roots fresh and lock in hydration without making your hair feel weighed down.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2026
After hitting a high in 2021, biotech stocks have struggled, weighed down by economic policies, regulatory uncertainty, and traders’ waning interest in the high costs and low success rate of drug development.
—Allison Deangelis, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighed down
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Binnington got down low, and when Nečas went to his backhand, Binnington went hard to his right and made a clean save with his right pad, calmly covering the puck with his left hand and stopping play.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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But the recent stretch of consecutive days of frigid temperatures that hardly cracked the 20s and got down to negative degrees was longer than Klossner, 54, is used to.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Goldschmidt wasn’t sure about Witt’s power, thinking it might be depressed at Kauffman Stadium.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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As labor supply remains weak, demand is also being depressed by elevated policy uncertainty and past over-hiring, with AI adoption poised to weigh on payrolls too.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Arsenal’s talisman has not had the easiest of seasons himself, troubled by hamstring and then hip injuries, searching for a crisp rhythm after major surgery last year.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But Bird was troubled in Bloomington from the start.—
Keith O'Brien,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2026
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The mother of Tilly Servin, a toddler who prosecutors believe was tortured to death in Long Beach last year, is suing Los Angeles County’s child protection agency for leaving her daughter in the custody of the child’s father, who was previously sentenced to four years in prison for child abuse.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Some detainees are tortured to get information about other protesters or to get confessions, usually admitting to working with foreign governments, which are often televised, according to Aban, who has documented over 300 confessions carried in various state media outlets since the protests began.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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Hard-liners may have worried that a deal would change the balance of factional forces inside the regime, and so sought to shore up their internal position by arresting their rivals.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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Bretherton, worried that these equations will never fully capture clouds’ behavior, is developing new AI tools that can predict the future directly from real-world data, barely relying on physics equations at all.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
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Jessica Capshaw, whose played Arizona Robbins on the show, also said she was saddened by Dane's death.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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His sister, Saraswathi Vedam, told the AP in October that she was saddened by the latest delay, but said her brother remains patient.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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She was oppressed by his big shadow.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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With many people around the world fighting for their freedom, Dallas’ historical cemetery stands as an example of how a group of people who were historically oppressed and enslaved could become free and prosperous.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Lee published a list of questions for Sarandos on social media Friday morning, which primarily concerned the anticompetitive implications of a WBD-Netflix merger.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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Soaring levels of debt issuance among tech companies have Wall Street on edge, but staff economists at the Federal Reserve aren’t that concerned yet.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Weighed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighed%20down. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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