Example Sentences

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It stopped short of recommending price controls, but said they remain a possibility, adding parents have been "shouldering the costs" of price increases in the market for years.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

By “everyone,” she said, she meant the Sept. 11 families, the prosecution and the defense lawyers, some who have been shouldering this responsibility for two decades.

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

Because let’s be honest, Black women have been shouldering America’s most difficult burdens for centuries.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2020

Companies that combine technology, convenience and bewitching backstories have been shouldering their way to fame.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2019