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Recent Examples of deadweightLosing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 The Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship would add deadweight costs to the economy and financially harm people least likely to possess spare resources.—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight freed me up to focus on advancing my career.—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025 Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deadweight
The financial services industry is defined by apprenticeship, manual workflows, and regulatory burden—a perfect breeding ground for productivity tools that can offer speed and precision.
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Ron Shevlin,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Effective methods to reduce pedestrian accidents can not only save lives but dramatically decrease the financial burden of personal injury cases on city budgets.
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Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
Weighing approximately 81 lbs (37 kg), the Jumper Go supports a maximum payload of 450 lbs (204 kg), including a rear rack capable of carrying up to 150 lbs (68 kg) of cargo.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 July 2025
With fewer Chinese cargo expected to enter the U.S. in August into the fall months, ocean carriers will be monitoring capacity levels to hold rates up.
It was used to transport passengers and freight between Green Bay and Oconto.
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Kerry Breen
July 13,
CBS News,
13 July 2025
The company specializes in ornamental metal, architectural millwork and commercial and residential stone and serves as a one-stop shop for design, fabrication, installation and freight.
Driving, being in control of all these pallets of Guinness and stacking them, loading [semis] that were going out to various pubs in Northern Ireland.
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EW.com,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
Security analysts assume that such explosions are related to the vessel's recent loading at Russian oil export facilities; however, Lloyd's List said that there is no hard evidence to support these theories, making vessel risk assessments difficult for shipowners and operators.
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Brendan Cole
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
The Israeli Air Force handled Iran's air defense system with ease, so much so that Israeli pilots established air superiority over the country and greased the skids for U.S. B-2 bombers to drop their 30,000-pound payloads on two of Iran's main nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordow.
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Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
Then, once the skies were cleared, Israel used its crewed aircraft to strike targets such as the Natanz nuclear facility with an accuracy and payload beyond drones’ capability.
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Michael C. Horowitz,
Foreign Affairs,
4 July 2025
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