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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
For too long, the thinking goes, Europe has relied on the United States to shoulder the costs of its own defense.
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Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Jokić has been Denver's best, and by far its most consistent, player this season, and has had to shoulder more responsibility when teammates have gone down with injuries, or simply struggled.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
She’d been raised on the basketball court in that kind of pressure cooker, shouldering whatever burden was asked of her otherworldly talent.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Europe must ‘own’ conflict Trump’s comments come as Ukraine’s European allies are likely to come under pressure this week to shoulder more of the burden for supporting Kyiv, going forward.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Jokić has been Denver's best, and by far its most consistent, player this season, and has had to shoulder more responsibility when teammates have gone down with injuries, or simply struggled.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
She’d been raised on the basketball court in that kind of pressure cooker, shouldering whatever burden was asked of her otherworldly talent.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Europe must ‘own’ conflict Trump’s comments come as Ukraine’s European allies are likely to come under pressure this week to shoulder more of the burden for supporting Kyiv, going forward.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
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For those leading businesses, that’s a challenge worth accepting.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print. Find more Picture Prompts here.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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For the past week, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have repeatedly pushed unsubstantiated claims that dead Americans listed as 150 or older are receiving Social Security payments.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Donald Trump Jr. pushed back against these doubts in an op-ed on conservative political news site Human Events.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Markle’s choice led to an onslaught of emails and DMs from all over the world inquiring whether there was an association between the two companies or mistakenly assuming — and criticizing — that decision, Kolski said.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
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French President Emmanuel Macron has long sought to position himself at the forefront of a major shift in Europe's security outlook, one that would see the continent invest significantly more in defense spending and assume greater autonomy from the United States.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and elbow both Schaeuble and Merz aside on her rise to become chancellor.—
Thomas Escritt,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Now in its second year, Ojai Food + Wine, set for the weekend of March 13–16, is betting that luxury tastes better without elbowing through an inebriated crowd for a few truffle shavings.—
David Hochman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The wooden floor of the home studio her husband built, still bears scars of her work — a rainbow of splotches, puddles and dribbles of misplaced paint.—
Tim Botos,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Delle Deane’s empty seat still bore the signs of her: an overflowing Birkin bag—messy as Lindy kept her own handbag, though of course Adria would never dream of buying her daughter such an ostentatious thing.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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These are dunked in grapefruit ponzu or spicy kimchi dressing or simply squeezed with lemon.—
John Metcalfe,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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It’s further squeezed by competition from others in the space, including Etsy, Michael’s and Hobby Lobby, as well as big-box and online retailers such as Amazon and Walmart.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Like many other state environmental protection agencies, Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection receives money appropriated by Congress and uses these funds for its own conservation projects and for those undertaken by land trusts and other organizations via grants.—
Shelley Harms,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new leadership on Thursday dismissed at least four enforcement lawsuits undertaken by the previous administration’s director.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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