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
Rogers appeared weighed down initially, but Emery did not blink.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The last panel, Haul, 2024, shows a canoe weighed down by commodities returning to shore.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
This will increase longer-term interest rates, which could weigh down consumer spending eventually.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
The narrative is weighed down by superfluous details.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Indeed, a short video included in the Instagram carousel features Latimer getting down on one knee and popping the question as Cunning broke down in tears.—
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All in all, a course of Xofluza might be easier for you—or your kid already queasy from the flu itself—to get down and keep down.—
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Patricia Gandara, a UCLA professor and co-director of its Civil Rights Project, previously expressed concern to the Union-Tribune that fear could depress attendance but also said families do put trust in their children’s schools.—
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Gradually freed of the weight of its ice, the rock beneath Greenland, long depressed by the massive ice sheet, rebounds.—
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Such subsidies drive up demand, and therefore costs, while also burdening taxpayers.—
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Both left office humbled, burdened with lousy poll numbers and facing a well of deep voter discontent.—
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My message this week is about not letting our hearts be troubled, and Jesus is the way.—
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On one of the final days of the semester, Raymundo peered into his Infiniti J30’s engine bay, searching for the issue that had troubled the car.—
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There could be worrying consequences.—
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Allergen Alert is aimed at restaurant owners concerned about food safety for their diners, and at at-home consumers worried about cross-contamination or inaccurate ingredient listings when dining out.—
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Still, whatever validity there is to his pain, Peter becomes a high priest of hallucination and Coon’s tortured Agnes his disciple.—
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In Chechnya, a region in southern Russia with a predominantly Muslim population, authorities launched an open hunt for gay men—police rounded them up and tortured many of them, with some being killed.—
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Discussions with the creative team led to the idea of showing how oppressed the animals were.—
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In Russia, Cuba, Iran, Belarus, and Uganda, dictatorships have carried on for decades—oppressing and killing their people, attacking their neighbors, and destabilizing their regions.—
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weigh%20down. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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