I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be burdened with/saddled with debts (= have big debts )
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Many poor countries are saddled with huge debts.
saddle bag
saddle shoe
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the last second, he jumped from the saddle and swung on the trailer roof as the horse went in.
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Hold the front of the saddle if you like.
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Kelly's eyes flicked from the body on the ground to the horse, trampling the saddle beneath its unfeeling hoofs.
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Ringlero has never owned his own saddle .
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She had seen them on their expensive horses, swooping across country, confident in the saddle .
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Somehow, she stayed in the saddle .
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The horse was willing, and allowed the man to place bridle and saddle upon him.
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The road crawled upward toward the place where the saddle emptied into sky.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
debt
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The prospect of students saddling themselves with enormous debts to pay their course fees and their maintenance is a frightening one.
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The consumer watchdog believes that borrowers are left saddled with massive debt despite believing that they have cleared their loan.
horses
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Ranulf was ordered to saddle the horses and Corbett led his little party from the abbey and up into the town.
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We went to the corral and caught and saddled the horses .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cirrus also was saddled with higher operating costs than other companies, in part because it had grown so fast.
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Having appeared to saddle Eliot with reading Sorel's book, I was reluctant to impose further tasks on him.
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Hell hath no fury like that of an unsuspecting mule about to be saddled with two, 10-foot kayaks.
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His proposed tax cuts are warmed-over Reaganomics that could saddle our children with an ever-increasing national debt.
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In haste she saddled it, hung a small sack of oats in front and led it away from the house.
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It was the last intention in me life to saddle meself with her.
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They also got saddled with thoroughly useless center Stojko Vrankovic and his extra-large contract.
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Without a bumper harvest, refinancing will saddle many farmers with more debt that they can handle.