two-ton

Example Sentences

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Like an urban squirrel or skunk, you are, alarmingly often, in danger of having your body shattered by a two-ton machine hurtling through space at 70 miles per hour.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

But first, they had to figure out how to transport a two-ton Batmobile from Los Angeles to the U.K. amid a worldwide shortage of shipping containers in 2021.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023

"Is there a reason a person like you or me needs to maneuver in the city in a two-ton car and 600 kilograms of battery?"

From Reuters • Jan. 29, 2023

Once it was over, however, “that’s when the two-ton boulder came off my shoulder,” he said, adding: “That’s when I knew my feet were in the ground, that I had got everything settled.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022

Tom pulled ditched cars free with his freshly painted two-ton wrecker; Dave sold gasoline, batteries, and motor oil and advised his customers to go home and stay home.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson