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
Beauty companies have noted a slowdown since the beginning of the second half of 2024, which has continue into the first quarter of 2025, weighed down by the ongoing weakness of the Chinese market, and inventory reductions in the U.S. and in travel retail.
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
Hiring in the state is partly being weighed down due to conditions in the region.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
The question though is how to do that in a way that won't weigh down the federal budget or trigger an avalanche of legal challenges from the food and drug industry.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
The February jobs report is scheduled to be released on March 7; and, for now, economists are expecting employment growth to pick up from January, which was likely weighed down by seasonality as well as wildfires and weather, economists say.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
Hiring in the state is partly being weighed down due to conditions in the region.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
The question though is how to do that in a way that won't weigh down the federal budget or trigger an avalanche of legal challenges from the food and drug industry.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
The February jobs report is scheduled to be released on March 7; and, for now, economists are expecting employment growth to pick up from January, which was likely weighed down by seasonality as well as wildfires and weather, economists say.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weigh down
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The Love Is Blind season 2 star revealed her happy news in an Instagram post on Tuesday, March 18, sharing photos of the romantic proposal, including the moment when her fiancé R. Limas got down on one knee.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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At the final bonfire in Episode 10, Lino got down on one knee and proposed, and Alexa happily accepted.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Even so, there’s something depressing about the way Mickey 17 invites us to chuckle knowingly at these cartoon evildoers.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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Less frequent and destructive attacks depressed Russian oil product exports by 10% last year, according to a Reuters analysis.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Woke teachers' unions have infected classrooms with radical gender ideology, burdened teachers and staff with DEI policies, and deliberately excluded parents from notification and informed consent concerning the most intimate details of their children's lives.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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More than 63 percent of renters in Little Haiti are cost burdened.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Charles Leclerc qualified one spot ahead of Hamilton and finished the race eighth, but never had the pace to trouble the leaders on Sunday and spun before recovering to pass his teammate in the closing stages.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The podcast’s protagonists dare to courageously speak out what troubles them, making confessions and opening a door to take a glimpse into their world.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
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Don't worry so much about what percentage of credit each contact point should receive.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Not worrying about getting dirty or anything like that.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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One of Manson's followers, Bobby Beausoleil, was found guilty of torturing and murdering the man who introduced Manson to Wilson, Gary Hinman.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
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Between January and June 2023, the couple abused and tortured their two children within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation, according to prosecutors.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
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Her work as a writer and the owner of Loudmouth Books is all about offering protection and support to the overlooked and oppressed.—
Justin L. Mack,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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My piece is about all of the bills being passed to oppress the identities of people who don’t fit into society’s idea of men and women, let alone people outside the gender binary.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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