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England can add this bitter disappointment to successive Euro final losses and the 2018 World Cup semi-final defeat by Croatia, giving weight to the argument they will always be a "nearly" team.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In other words, not every empty stomach carries the same political weight - and history seems to bear that out.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
And if you aren’t pulling your weight, you’re out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The human urge to build right to the shoreline — whether it’s the coastal highway or a bluff-top home — also affects erosion by altering water drainage and adding weight to the cliff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Grandma, it was awful,” I reply as the weight of what I saw starts to set in.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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When an AI model is dispensing advice, it doesn’t know the difference between a body builder who wants to lift heavier weights and is consuming enough protein and a malnourished person who isn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
So Ohashi started working with a personal trainer, lifting weights for three hours a day for four days a week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"My town centre is about four stops away from me so I walk there, then I do my shopping and load my backpack and carry it back so I'm doing weights too."
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Strength training included exercises using weights or body weight, such as press ups, squats, and lunges.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
He also lifted weights, rode horses, hiked, ran, swam, rowed, and tried all different types of sports.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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But it gives a hint by measuring the returns of its customers’ favorite stocks weighted by conviction, not assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The weighted average life of the bonds in that index is over 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But Cook argues that a tax like this would be heavily weighted on London and the south-east of England, where house prices are generally higher than the rest of the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
For indexes, forward P/E ratios are weighted by component stocks’ market capitalization.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
He spoke slowly now, and each word seemed weighted with meaning.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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Slumps in shares of Samsung and SK Hynix, which together make up around half of the Kospi index’s total weighting, have triggered several trading halts from authorities to curb volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Ng estimates that the banking sector could see the largest weighting reduction of 623-699 basis points under the proposed expansion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
But the equal-weighted version of the index allots an equal weighting to each stock in the index, making it a better gauge of how the average S&P 500 stock is doing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
That means the smaller the float, the smaller the weighting of a single stock in the index.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Any merchant who advertises ‘Honest Scales’ must have been thinking about weighting them,” she says.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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