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as in assumed
to take to or upon oneself
agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father
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Recent Examples of shouldered
San Diego’s deep bullpen provides a measure of insurance, but the leverage relievers shouldered a heavy workload in 2025, and trusted set-up man Jason Adam is attempting to return from surgery to repair a ruptured quadriceps tendon.
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
As for the outcome of the Xbox Bowl, Clark shouldered blame.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
In the two games since, Nix has largely shouldered the Broncos’ offense in Dobbins’ stead, as Denver’s thrown the ball on roughly two-thirds of its plays from scrimmage.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Bayer is suing insurance giant AIG, alleging decades-old insurance policies should have helped cover billions of dollars in legal costs from Roundup and PCB cases now being shouldered by the German company.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boston Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
The 37-year-old veteran guard signed with the Kings on October 16, just weeks before the 2025-26 season tipped off, and has shouldered heavy minutes despite being in the late stage of his career.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
These costs are shouldered by utilities, who pass them on to ratepayers — spreading the expenses over decades of line-item bill fees.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Reporters were unable to identify past instances in which Brightline made clear that additional costs could be shouldered by taxpayers.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
The task of supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the munitionsnecessary to keep fighting is now firmly being shouldered by Europe.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouldered
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In the 12 and a half years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired and the two since Sir Jim Ratcliffe assumed control of the club’s football operations, United have evidently not become a better football club.—
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That same year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created and assumed control of the program.—
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DeSantis, a Republican, has prioritized Everglades restoration and pushed to expedite the reservoir’s construction during his two terms in office.—
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Erik Karlsson pushed his career-best home points streak to nine games with a goal, while Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte also scored for Pittsburgh.—
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The show's co-creator Jack Thorne accepted the award and gave a speech thanking Netflix and listing the names of several people who have supported the series.—
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But Skinny Pedro had accepted the task for another, more important reason.—
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The Panthers squeezed a few end-of-career seasons out of guys such as Dino Ciccarelli and Igor Larionov.—
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Steamer or Iron When squeezed into a small suitcase, clothes have a tendency to wrinkle.—
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But considering the Ambriz siblings undertook such an elaborate story involving supernatural puppets and a fantastical land, presumably for a fraction of the cost, the result is major step forward for the medium, and in particular this technique in Mexico.—
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In 1993, President Bill Clinton undertook a restoration and refurbishment of the Executive Mansion.—
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The landscape is always changing, never boring.—
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Just like her character on The Nanny, Fran Drescher's style is whimsical, wild and, most importantly, never boring.—
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“Shouldered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shouldered. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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