scales

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After Friday's official weigh-ins, Rousey waited for Carano to get off the scales and greeted her with a hug after she made weight for their featherweight bout.

From BBC • May 16, 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

An AI trained on one person’s thinking doesn’t scale leadership; it scales one person’s blind spots.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

A massive wall of slick, oily scales bursts out of the water.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer