top-heavy

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Another top-heavy group led by Germany, a four-time World Cup champion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Throughout the complex aerial gymnastics of an abort, the distribution of weight matters immensely: A top-heavy capsule performs differently than a bottom-heavy capsule.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The city-state’s equities market is generally top-heavy, dominated by the financial sector and Singapore-listed real-estate investment trusts, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

And an artificial-intelligence arms race has triggered a capital-spending boom of epic proportions, propelling growth, minting millionaires—and leaving the U.S. stock market even more top-heavy than before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

But the weight of the obelisk on even a very large vessel would make it top-heavy and unstable.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman