saddle with
phrasal verb
saddled with; saddling with; saddles with
: to cause (someone or something) to have (a problem, burden, responsibility, etc.)
His actions have saddled the company with too much debt.
My boss saddled me with the task of organizing the conference.
—often used as (be) saddled withThe company is saddled with an enormous amount of debt.
She is saddled with a reputation for not being dependable.
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Each is a lone wolf, however, and as the grammatically incorrect title Wolfs suggests (justice for proper pluralization of nouns!), being saddled with a partner is not their preferred state of being.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
To be fair, many of the presenters that weren’t saddled with impossible selling points did great.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
Fitch and Moody's on Friday joined S&P Global Ratings in warning that a prolonged strike could lead to a ratings downgrade for Boeing, which is saddled with $60 billion of debt.
—Joe Brock, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
As the conference began, regulators were clear-eyed that taxpayers could be saddled with the cost of plugging orphan wells.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
To be fair, many of the presenters that weren’t saddled with impossible selling points did great.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
Fitch and Moody's on Friday joined S&P Global Ratings in warning that a prolonged strike could lead to a ratings downgrade for Boeing, which is saddled with $60 billion of debt.
—Joe Brock, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
As the conference began, regulators were clear-eyed that taxpayers could be saddled with the cost of plugging orphan wells.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024
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“Saddle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saddle%20with. Accessed 27 Sep. 2024.
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