as in to get down
to make sad
that sort of news really bums me out
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The Eagles tied the game, however, the Chiefs had enough time to get down the field before kicker Harrison Butker booted a 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left.—
Lucia Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2025 -
Not to mention, getting down on your hands and knees to yank weeds out of the ground can be painful, and even more so for those dealing with chronic pain and conditions like arthritis.—
Brittney Morgan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2025
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An aspect of déjà vu weighs down these expressions of Black resistance, trapped in the box of the camera frame.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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In a rational country, the nation's pockets would be weighed down with them no longer.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
2 Feb. 2025
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Not every exhibitor is AMC or Cinemark, but the bill as written doesn’t differentiate; burdening smaller theaters with rules of this sort would likely drive your already high admission prices even higher.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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Some consumers have also complained that bulk billing arrangements can burden them with a single, subpar internet service that costs more.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
27 Jan. 2025
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Those on Medicaid were also less likely to be depressed or get hit with big medical bills.—
Ryan Levi,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2025
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They had been held back by former Mayor Sanders’ invalidated initiative that had seriously hampered the recruitment and retention of city employees by depressing wages and making San Diego uncompetitive.—
Chris Brewster,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Mason and his colleagues were troubled by some of their findings.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Richmond Housing Authority was designated as troubled by the Department of Housing and Urban Development about a decade ago and given a checklist of areas in need of improvement, which included the authority’s finances, Curl said.—
Sierra Lopez,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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News outlets whose owners worry about lawsuits or government harassment rein in their investigative teams and their most aggressive reporters.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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While some are left to worry about Bennu's low probability of impact, the IBS researchers used advanced climate models and the supercomputer Aleph to figure out what would happen after.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Investigation:Slain transgender man Sam Nordquist was tortured for weeks, police say; 5 people arrested What was the motive behind the attack?—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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For a month and a half, the men were tortured and abused.—
Lauren Green,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Guests had been saddened by the seemingly sudden departure of their predecessors, who had been longtime residents of the park.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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People are still perplexed and saddened by the questionable move on the Mavericks' side, especially their majority owner, Mark Cuban.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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