as in gets down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weighs down
But that trajectory could change now as the latest inflation report weighs down both lenders and borrowers.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
But what if carrying a heavy defensive burden changes that, and weighs down that side of the game?
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The Athletic Nhl,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
But what if carrying a heavy defensive burden changes that, and weighs down that side of the game?
—
The Athletic Nhl,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighs down
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When visitors come through to Kansas City during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, many of them are going to wonder how KC gets down as far as nightlife goes.
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Pour enough on so that the water gets down to the roots.
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But what really troubles him is something larger.
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There’s something that troubles her about this.
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Nevertheless, something might occur at work that depresses you.
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The risk is that China inspires its trading partners to resort to a protectionism that depresses prosperity for everyone.
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The renter’s credit is part of a larger but stalled push to rebalance Connecticut’s upside-down tax system, one the state’s own analysts conclude excessively burdens the poor and middle class.
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The Wrong Tax There is a compliance cost that genuinely burdens IPO candidates and receives almost no attention in the current deregulatory debate.
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However, that really saddens me now.
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Being stuck in the middle is what saddens the Others.
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The retrospection tortures her.
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Later, in one of the movie's most satisfying scenes, Millie locks Andrew in the attic and tortures him by loudly smashing each plate.
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Eftekhari worries that the mood at Iran’s first match, where fans and protesters clashed, affected the players.
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Iran’s president worries about street protests Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed concern that some Iranians could openly protest again.
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“Weighs down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighs%20down. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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