weighted
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Would you say stand-up is your weighted blanket?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"For those countries that are most vulnerable, this is where the consumption basket is heavily weighted towards energy and food, and so indeed it is much much more difficult," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
At least 165 of the ships were bottom trawlers, a particularly destructive form of fishing that uses weighted nets that scrape the ocean floor, destroying virtually everything in their path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In recent weeks, the equal-weighted S&P 500 index has badly underperformed the regular, market-cap weighted index, which remains near a record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
A piece of canvas sailcloth that I weighted down with bricks and used as a windbreak on cold nights.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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