shoulder
noun
the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“I am shouldering debt, and we are barely getting by, treading water,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2021