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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
The final section from the Agriculture Committee proposed cutting the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, known as SNAP, by expanding work requirements, limiting future expansions of the program and forcing states to shoulder more of the cost.
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Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Suarez blew the save, took the loss and shouldered the blame.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
But Ritter describes being unable to contain or even rationalize his feelings, needing a target to shoulder the blame.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 May 2025
Simone is especially good at showing how defensive and withdrawn some people become when shouldering the burden of a traumatic experience.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
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Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Suarez blew the save, took the loss and shouldered the blame.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
But Ritter describes being unable to contain or even rationalize his feelings, needing a target to shoulder the blame.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 May 2025
Simone is especially good at showing how defensive and withdrawn some people become when shouldering the burden of a traumatic experience.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoulder
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Operating engineers make $10K United Way donation United Way Northwest Indiana recently accepted a $10,000 donation from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 during a special check presentation ceremony, according to a release.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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In January, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to 11 years in prison after he was found to have accepted bribes to take action to benefit the governments of Qatar and Egypt.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
25 May 2025
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As Nuno pointed out, the player of the season award could reasonably have been renamed the ‘team of the season award’ during a campaign in which Forest followed up back-to-back fights against relegation by pushing for Champions League qualification.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Some of the administration's pressure tactics: threatening to take away Harvard's non-profit status, freezing $3 billion in federal grant dollars, barring the university from enrolling foreign students, and pushing Congress to increase taxes on university endowments.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Many retirement planners assume a 30-year retirement.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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O’Connell and quarterbacks coach Josh McCown agreed this spring not to assume anything with McCarthy.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Verb
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While he was being taken into custody, Swift allegedly elbowed an officer in the face, Munch said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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The flurry of bodies OKC runs at him has served its purpose, leaving the three-time MVP visibly frustrated with the officiating as Lu Dort alternates between flopping and elbowing and Isaiah Hartenstein dives at knees.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 May 2025
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Rodriguez was born and raised in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, a biography accessed through the Internet Archive from the website for the nonprofit the History Makers said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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In a woof-and-ready ceremony, jury member Peter Bradshaw noted that 25 films had come under consideration for this year’s honors, pointing out that some were made by directors who hadn’t even been born when the event first took place at the UK Pavilion back in 2000.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
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Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, the Bank carried out some of the functions of a modern central bank, such as managing the money supply and undertaking a rudimentary form of macroeconomic policy and bank regulation.—
Time,
Time,
23 May 2025
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However, these trips weren’t undertaken with the aid of a compass, sextant, or even a map.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
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“Shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoulder. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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