as in to get down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weigh down
Hinsdale Central senior Josh Bey has never felt weighed down by expectations.
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
With Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel appears to be trying to resurrect the potent vibes of those early Netflix innings for an MCU/Disney+ television enterprise weighed down by an increasingly terrible batting average.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Now, nearing the end of her life, she is weighed down by guilt and sorrow, confronting the consequences of her past.
—Kevin Cassidy, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Sometimes a club as big as Liverpool can be weighed down by its history in difficult moments, but Klopp’s rebuilding job gave the club a momentum and belief, and more importantly a level of quality, that had been missing.
—James Nalton, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
With Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel appears to be trying to resurrect the potent vibes of those early Netflix innings for an MCU/Disney+ television enterprise weighed down by an increasingly terrible batting average.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Now, nearing the end of her life, she is weighed down by guilt and sorrow, confronting the consequences of her past.
—Kevin Cassidy, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Sometimes a club as big as Liverpool can be weighed down by its history in difficult moments, but Klopp’s rebuilding job gave the club a momentum and belief, and more importantly a level of quality, that had been missing.
—James Nalton, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weigh down
Verb
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With the New York performance a little more than two months away, the singers are getting down to serious business.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2025
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Who wants to tell him there’s another way to get down from the chair…?—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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This threatens to significantly depress consumer purchasing and affect the entire industry.—
Kristina Partsinevelos,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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In the arithmetic of GDP, this depresses the growth rate.—
Axios,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
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Manufacturers are struggling with long-term planning, farmers are facing retaliation from Chinese buyers, and U.S. households are burdened with rising prices.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Kendra’s Law stigmatizes mental health concerns, contributes to mistrust of health care systems, disproportionately burdens communities of color, and often prioritizes compliance over healing.—
Ruth Lowenkron,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Uncertainty around the mounting trade war has troubled markets lately, sending stocks lower to begin the year.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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The last week-and-a-half has been a blast and she’s played like someone who can compete against and trouble the elite.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Throughout the night, Booker read letters from constituents worried about losing access to affordable health care, emphasizing that these concerns were not abstract but deeply personal for millions of people.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Musk ‘brand tornado crisis’ hits sales Analysts continue to worry that Musk’s actions elsewhere are hurting Tesla.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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The six defendants allegedly began holding a man against his will on March 14 and proceeded to torture him at a Red Roof Inn in Maumee, Ohio, according to an arrest warrant.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Eddie quickly discovers that he was lured into the vehicle by William (Anthony Hopkins), the car's wealthy sociopathic owner who tortures criminals (and mocks them over the car's phone) after a life-changing encounter with muggers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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First, students are primed through exposure to narratives that depict a binary world of oppressors and oppressed.—
Kevin Waldman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Remember Mandela, who rose from the ashes of prison to become the president of South Africa, a country that had oppressed him and his people for decades.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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