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as in to accept
to take to or upon oneself
agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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Recent Examples of shoulder
Treatment and research facilities began to shoulder the residences aside.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The latter is understood to shoulder some of the discounts of brand sales on its platform.
—Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
So 2 In the 2010s, Chicago drill-rap pioneer Chief Keef made headlines as a budding hitmaker whose criminal record presented hip-hop elders with a bogeyman to shoulder classic worries about song lyrics inspiring real-world violence.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Women still get paid less than men and will likely shoulder the worst financial effects of the climate crisis.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The latter is understood to shoulder some of the discounts of brand sales on its platform.
—Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
So 2 In the 2010s, Chicago drill-rap pioneer Chief Keef made headlines as a budding hitmaker whose criminal record presented hip-hop elders with a bogeyman to shoulder classic worries about song lyrics inspiring real-world violence.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Women still get paid less than men and will likely shoulder the worst financial effects of the climate crisis.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
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The ruling family accepted an offer for humanitarian asylum from Russian President Vladimir Putin.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Dec. 2024
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The problem for many MAGA adherents, though, was accepting the very notion of immigrants telling them America needs more immigration to fill lucrative jobs in America.Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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His announcement comes as Democrats look to new leadership and seek to push back on the incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in the Senate and the House.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
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Agency officials pushed tech firms to make security features free and automatic and to pay closer attention to the quality of their code.Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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In fact, Saint Francis used an 8-0 run to assume a 21-17 lead with 10:32 left in the first half.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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Challenging Ageism and Sexism It’s often assumed that innovation and entrepreneurship is for younger people, fueled by the tech startup culture that celebrates youthful founders.Melissa Houston, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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These awards, combined with the depths of Jean-Baptiste’s performance, will help to firmly elbow her into the conversation.Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The failures of its awkward attempts to elbow its way into the media world could be shrugged off, but not its big misses—the mobile revolution and the importance of graphic chips, earth-shattering events that its rivals exploited.Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Richard Van Perry was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 1942, to Mack and Sylvia Perry, who manufactured and sold musical instruments and also served as music teachers.Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Dec. 2024
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He was born in Chicago in the back of an Oldsmobile on Christmas Day, the ‘hood’s version of a manger.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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Being able to squeeze a desperate Vegas team, without dropping too far in the top 10, might be a great play.Nick Baumgardner, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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As is typical in India, the bus was jam-packed with fragrant humanity, and I was squeezed into an aisle holding on for dear life as the bus lurched its way through town.New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
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Spanish daily newspaper La Verdad reported that the busy shipping lane was declared unsafe for navigation, and a rescue operation was undertaken by vessels including a Russian military vessel, and a Spanish Navy patrol boat.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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When Regina couriers over a copy of Blake the background actor’s spec script and some threatening fan mail from a particularly overenthusiastic Wavey ’shipper, Elsbeth undertakes a one-woman table read.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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