cumber

noun

Definition of cumbernext
as in burden

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  1. burden
  2. load
  3. delay
  4. danger
  5. peril
  6. hazard
Noun
  • On January 14, two bills advanced in the Labor Committee that might well be the spark that ignites widespread labor unrest, even as the push imposes heavier burdens on our state’s consumers and taxpayers.
    Frank Ricci, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
  • To ease their burden, PwC urges automakers to be as efficient as possible including regionalization and improving supply chains.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of burden
Noun
  • In their world, there were more hands to share the load, more voices to call out, more feet to hold the line.
    Katherine Schulten, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • When New York made the blockbuster move for the big man, the thought was that Towns’ presence would further enhance Brunson, giving him even more space to operate and another premier offensive player to take a load off of him.
    James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of load
Noun
  • Complicating the court’s deliberations is that the nine-member court currently only has eight justices, due to a delay in filling vacancies left by retired justices.
    Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This delay adds to a string of setbacks for New Glenn, which has been in development for a decade.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of delay
Noun
  • The air district’s governing board convened Friday, lamenting the widespread destruction from the wildfires and the persisting danger from heavy smoke.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • As for the air tankers' operations over smoldering hillsides, the most immediate danger would seem to be to the aviators.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of danger
Noun
  • With the surgeon general’s recent warning that alcohol consumption should be reduced because of potential cancer risks, and a resulting drop in some alcohol stocks, are wine, beer, and spirits producers in peril?
    Liz Thach, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • As the administration changes hands next week, the rights and dignity of workers have never been in more peril.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of peril
Noun
  • What Happens Next The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is continuing to monitor the eruption at Kīlauea and is in contact with other authorities about the ongoing hazards.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Threat level: The cold threatens to burst pipes, stress electricity grids and damage crops on top of the public health hazards to people.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of hazard
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