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He’s lost weight and his hair falls out in clumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"We must intensify efforts to help people quit tobacco use, avoid cancer-linked infections, abstain from alcohol, maintain a healthy weight, and get more daily exercise."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
"I was trying to keep my weight down all the time and struggling driving up to Scotland for one ride, and the opportunities weren't there at the time."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
As employers brace for a fresh round of rising healthcare costs that outpace inflation, the stakes are getting higher for companies to contain spending on treatments such as popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The weight of its limp body dragged it off the raft, and it slipped soundlessly beneath the water.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Experimentation belongs there, so do sudden spikes and so do the proprietary frontier models, whose owners release the weights to nobody.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Samar Karam, in charge of archaeological sites in north Lebanon, said a Roman-era olive press was found on private property along with pottery weights and items for textile production.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I had 5-pound weights in rehearsal, but until you’re actually there, you don’t know what to expect,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Life + Liberty Indexes created Freedom 100, an emerging-markets benchmark that weights countries and companies on civic, political and economic freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It felt like I had hundred-pound weights strapped to my feet.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Ohtani hasn’t even gone through weighted plyo ball drills in “a few days,” according to Roberts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
We will hold these puts as long as the weighted put-call ratio for GE HealthCare’s stock remains on a sell signal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Kaiser Permanente, which is a fraction of the size of those two companies, ranked third at 9% because the AI tools weighted consumer-satisfaction data more heavily than enrollment size, 5W AI found.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The weighted head of Kaz’s walking stick whooshed through nothing and cracked against the wall.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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The international fund has no U.S. exposure, with Japan its largest country weighting at 15%, and a one-year return of 27%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Carmakers and manufacturers of auto parts are getting battered by competition from China, but they now make up less than 2% of the Stoxx Europe 600’s weighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
And as float increases, so does SpaceX’s float-adjusted weighting in major indexes, which can drive purchases from passive investors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Under the changes, the weighting given to the benefits brought by companies will be doubled, from 10% to 20% for contracts worth £5m or more, the Cabinet Office said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Not everyone was attentive; one juror, as though poisoned by the numerous spring-fever yawns weighting the air, sat with drugged eyes and jaws so utterly ajar bees could have buzzed in and out.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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