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Her lawyer, Nicole Servaty, told journalists that she "really had a voice in this proceeding", adding: "She was able to testify, to express her feelings and everything that has burdened her."

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

After more than two years of rapid inflation that has burdened American shoppers and bedeviled policymakers, several months of solid progress have helped to convince policymakers that they may be turning a corner.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2023

The concurrent circulation of those and other viruses — including respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV — has burdened healthcare systems throughout the country and state.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2022

Only, Guptill’s string of batting failures has burdened Williamson, who has risen to the occasion, and Taylor, who has been hit and miss.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2019

You see now what it is that has burdened me from the day when I first began to ask myself about my beliefs.

From The Unclassed by Gissing, George