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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
President Donald Trump has indicated states should carry more of the burden, relieving the backlogged Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 June 2025
The Sunshine State—especially its southern region—has been brewing a condo crisis over the past year, as the coming into effect of a law requiring inspections and reserves for condo buildings has led to significant financial burden for owners.
The majority of cargo volumes from those ports are destined for Dubai, which has become a hub for the movement of freight with feeder services in the Persian Gulf, South Asia and East Africa.
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Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
17 June 2025
Videos published after 6 a.m. showed the aftermath of a strike on a military base and a cargo terminal in the western Kermanshah region, which borders Iraq, over 250 miles from Tehran and 167 miles from Baghdad.
Made in Turino and inspired by bitters of the region, this aperitivo balances bitter orange with loads of botanicals for something flavorful enough to replace Aperol in any cocktail for something less sugary.
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Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
Everyone can live, everyone can die, and there’s a whole load of different outcomes to the story.
Adding it up Cruz's section of the Senate reconciliation bill calls for the FAA to charge commercial space companies per pound of payload mass, beginning with 25 cents per pound in 2026 and increasing to $1.50 per pound in 2033.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2025
One Soviet submarine commander sent out into the Atlantic wrongly thought himself under depth charge attack and had to be persuaded not to fire his nuclear payload before getting hit.
There are dozens of Southern recipes to make use of your farmer’s market or u-pick farm haul.
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Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
Unfortunately, middling reviews and a less-than-desirable box office haul nixed those plans, with Sony rebooting its approach to the web-slinger a few years later.
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