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the long illness left him frail and underweight
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Paulla King/Paulla King Violet currently weighs just 41.8 pounds—estimated to be 20 to 30 pounds underweight.—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025 His tire management mastery won the 2024 Belgian GP before Russell was ultimately disqualified for his car being underweight.—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025 But there were also broader losses in reading and math proficiency, lower preschool enrollment and a higher rate of babies born underweight.—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025 Found as a stray last August, Gilly was dangerously underweight and had clearly been through a lot.—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for underweight
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