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all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Although many software and AI stocks rallied, the technology sector was weighed down by the 4% decline in Apple after two more analysts sounded the alarm about disappointing iPhone sales and an incoming bad quarter and guide.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Xi’s $18 trillion economy is being weighed down by a giant property crisis that some compare to Japan’s 1990s bad-loan debacle.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Biden’s Israel policy is also widely perceived as having weighed down Vice President Harris in her election campaign — especially in the key swing state of Michigan, which has the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the nation.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
The German economy, which is Europe’s largest, has been weighed down by high interest rates and energy costs, along with persistent political uncertainty that culminated in the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government in November.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Xi’s $18 trillion economy is being weighed down by a giant property crisis that some compare to Japan’s 1990s bad-loan debacle.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Biden’s Israel policy is also widely perceived as having weighed down Vice President Harris in her election campaign — especially in the key swing state of Michigan, which has the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the nation.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
The German economy, which is Europe’s largest, has been weighed down by high interest rates and energy costs, along with persistent political uncertainty that culminated in the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government in November.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh%20down. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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