scales

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Fallen fruit squishes under shoes as people walk back to the scales with their buckets full of red Bing and Brooks cherries, and yellow Rainiers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Grooms have shown Boston-based wedding planner Keri Ketterer Walter a specific tartan, a herringbone fabric swatch and “wallpaper that kind of looked like the scales of a trout” for decor inspiration, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"Hill placed her fingers on the scales of justice, thereby denying Murdaugh his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury," the justices said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The achievement represents one of the strongest tests yet of quantum mechanics on scales approaching the macroscopic world.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

He wore armor similar to Dobrynya’s—made of small scales fixed together that flexed as he moved—but his was shinier than the bogatyr’s had been.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack