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 But the 2026 housing market has gotten off to a rough start, as affordability concerns continue to weigh down activity and disrupt the industry’s seasonal rhythm. —
Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 Sales also fell 1% compared with March last year, weighed down by declines in the Northeast and Midwest. —ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 But that trajectory could change now as the latest inflation report weighs down both lenders and borrowers. —Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 But pouring money into the Titanic to refloat is, has been demonstrated over the years to weigh down the Titanic even more, to keep it on the bottom of the ocean floor. —Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weigh down
Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 Sales also fell 1% compared with March last year, weighed down by declines in the Northeast and Midwest. —ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 But that trajectory could change now as the latest inflation report weighs down both lenders and borrowers. —Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 But pouring money into the Titanic to refloat is, has been demonstrated over the years to weigh down the Titanic even more, to keep it on the bottom of the ocean floor. —Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weigh down
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If the temperatures get down to 28-degrees Fahrenheit, plant kills are about a 10% likelihood.— Alan Gionet, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Pay the toll, get down the road.— Sean Clancy, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
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The perky response of Hungary’s currency and equity markets, at a time when war in the Gulf is depressing asset prices everywhere, shows Orbanism clearly wasn’t working for business.— Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
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So why isn’t any of this depressing him?— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
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Broad, one-size-fits-all policies that burden high-quality providers will not solve this problem.— Tom Koutsoumpas, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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Often, private equity investors kept the sale proceeds as profits while the hospitals were burdened with new rent costs.— Jordan Rau, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
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The second scenario which had troubled Democrats earlier this Spring is that the Democratic candidates continue splitting the vote, allowing Hilton and Republican Chad Bianco to advance.— Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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Most Americans are troubled by the belief that some wealthy people and corporations don’t pay their fair share of taxes, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in January.— Linley Sanders, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
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A lot could happen before either makes their season debut, which is why Gil isn’t worrying about his future just yet.— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Gutiérrez worries that Trump’s eagerness for a trophy that has evaded 12 Democratic and Republican presidents could get the better of him.— Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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As the governments of US and Iran try to negotiate a peace deal, many Iranians are still being arrested, tortured and executed, according to rights groups.— Dana Karni, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
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In December 2019, an immigration judge granted Rivera Ortega protection under the Convention Against Torture, a United Nations treaty designed to protect people who could be tortured if deported.— Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Communities endured the triple indignity of working on the statues and being both redressed and oppressed by those statues.— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
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Much of progressive ideological frameworks tend to divide the world into oppressors and oppressed.— Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
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