weighing

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Polis had been weighing whether to commute Peters’ sentence for some time now, and was waiting to see how an appeals court would handle the case.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

Educators and lawmakers in more than a dozen other states are weighing legislation or have already taken action.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Majungasaurus, for example, had a heavily built skull and extremely small arms despite weighing only about 1.6 tons, roughly one fifth the weight of T. rex.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Shares advanced 2.5% to $698.74 on Tuesday, defying a broader slump weighing on all three of the major U.S. stock indexes.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

He walks back up the street, silent now, no ringing sack of garbage weighing him down.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz