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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
“That’s the time when you’re trying to move people and weight down. I personally would have said, ‘Hey, look, it’s going to get a little roll-y here for about the next 20 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
It was thick enough to hold a man's weight, but he waited two days, then three, hoping that leads, streaks of open water, would appear.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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The model weights will be made available by July 27, Moonshot shared in a blog post.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Post-Kimi K3 and open weights models getting closer to the frontier again, I wonder if Anthropic and OpenAI will be allowed to increase their release cadence by the government," Mollick wrote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
She trains five days a week, three hours a day at a Santa Ana climbing facility lifting weights and practicing speed climbing techniques with other team members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Nasdaq adjusts index weights by a company’s so-called free-float, or the number of shares available to trade publicly, capping the weight at three times a company’s float-adjusted market capitalization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
I have to lift weights that are tied around the ankle of my right leg.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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"Going forward, though, I believe the risks continue to be strongly weighted toward higher inflation," she warned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The weighted average life of the bonds in that index is over 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
She’ll go for a 30-minute walk outside wearing a weighted vest, UV protectant facial mask and sun hat, then spend another 30 in her home gym.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
My feet drag, as though they’re weighted, and because my back is stooped I end up looking down at my slippers framed by the walker.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Looking ahead, asset quality will be a key area to watch as supply chain-related inflation risks build, while the proposed expansion of the Malaysia’s benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index could temporarily reduce the sector’s weighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The index also had a 45% weighting toward information-technology stocks as of June 30, compared with 37.1% for the S&P 500 as of Monday, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 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
Many indexes use float-adjusted market capitalization when weighting securities.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
It was barely light outside, but the spring humidity had already seeped into their shack, weighting down their clothes.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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