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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
encumber .
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Examples
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WASHINGTON -- Two years after the Supreme Court voided many of the country's bedrock campaign finance laws, much of the American public is still confused by the change -- and stupefied by the often-impenetrable jargon that frequently encumbers any discussion of the topic.
Stephen Colbert's PAC Parody Explains Campaign Finance To America (Part 1) 2012
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Halsted's reserve encumbers his side of the tale; the surgeon never comes to life as the psychoanalyst does.
A Miracle Drug's Dark Side Deborah Blum 2011
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But I tend to make them and not listen at all to them after I make them, which probably has to do with all the hubbub of promoting it, measuring it, and so much of that encumbers the joy of being able to make music that people want to come listen to.
Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Rickie Lee Jones and NRBQ's Terry Adams, Plus Miss Derringer's New Video and Hot Water Music's New Single Mike Ragogna 2011
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"What encumbers your ability to innovate around the needs of students is traditions and structures," said George Davison , head of school at Grace Church.
New School Sets Agenda Sophia Hollander 2011
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But I tend to make them and not listen at all to them after I make them, which probably has to do with all the hubbub of promoting it, measuring it, and so much of that encumbers the joy of being able to make music that people want to come listen to.
Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Rickie Lee Jones and NRBQ's Terry Adams, Plus Miss Derringer's New Video and Hot Water Music's New Single Mike Ragogna 2011
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Is not a patrons my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Thanks for Nothing 2010
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Is not a patrons my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
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“A man that breeds a family without competent means of maintenance, encumbers other men with his children.”
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With iHand, you get all the functionality of the human hand, without the signal-sucking biology that encumbers most iPhone owners.
iHand Solves Finicky iPhone 4's Reception Problems (PICTURE) 2010
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New Start encumbers us with unnecessary constraints that will distort strategic priorities and weapons-development for decades.
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