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weight

[weyt] / weɪt /






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"I was lifting double my body weight in the gym and my bleep test scores were constantly improving."

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Now, if I’m grinding heavy weight on Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday may just be all body weight, mobility stuff.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Sales continue to grow for the drug maker’s exclusive semaglutide products — Ozempic for Type 2 diabetes and the Wegovy injection and pill for weight loss.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

For adults with diabetes, Kaestner said, the clearest measurable benefits remain those already demonstrated in clinical research, including improved glycemic control, weight loss, and better physical health.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Even Lloyd was big enough now to pull his weight.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Abbott subtracted a secret number from the carefully measured weights of some of the masses used in the experiment.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

And yet, the Wafles didn’t let the boys lift weights until they were 13 years old.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Martine Barons, from Stratford-upon-Avon, said she began lifting weights during lockdown after listening to a seminar that said women going through menopause should run less and lift more.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

“Open weights broaden access to AI and help ensure that AI leadership is distributed across companies, institutions and communities,” he said in a statement Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

“What would you do to burn up all that energy you use to run around the golf course every day, lift weights, and train for three hours? You’d be going stir crazy.”

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Colleen Babcock, Rightmove's head of partner marketing, says London faces additional challenges because its market is heavily weighted towards flats, and "affordability more broadly remains a key challenge".

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

That’s the now popular exercise—walking with a weighted backpack—that remains the foundation of special-operations forces.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Ohtani hasn’t even gone through weighted plyo ball drills in “a few days,” according to Roberts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Even Nicasia and Valerian share a weighted glance.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

In a move that highlights those concerns, the manager of Norway’s $2.4 trillion sovereign-wealth fund proposed slashing the weighting of government debt in its bond portfolio to 50% from 70%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

And with a capitalization of $5.26 trillion, Nvidia is the market’s biggest company, carrying a 7.6% weighting in the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

A neutral weighting on the U.S. in a global equity fund is around two thirds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Speaking to the Jimmy's Jobs of the Future podcast,, external he said there would be "more social value weighting in public contracts", with a particular focus on firms offering such placements.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Rowan took the map from his pack and unrolled it on the grass, weighting the corners down with stones.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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