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deadweights

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plural of deadweight

as in burdens

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But the state still carries more than $30 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, one of the largest burdens, per capita, in the nation, and isn’t expected to finish paying that off until well into the 2040s.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
The bills’ supporters argued that the state lacks a complete understanding of data centers’ water usage, while opponents believed the existing reporting sufficient, and posited that new laws would create undue burdens.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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The Saudis are making additional crude cargoes available to Asian refiners through ship-to-ship transfers just outside Hormuz near Oman's Sohar port, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

— Spencer Kimball,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Iran is demanding a 5% or 7% service fee per barrel of oil that would generate close to $20 billion annually, and that’s not even counting fees on other cargoes, such as natural gas, petrochemicals, helium, fertilizer, and container cargoes.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

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Federal officials recently launched a prize competition to reward ideas for controlling the flow of aquatic species into and out of the ballasts of boats that travel among the various lakes and waterways across the United States.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026

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Saudi crude loadings at its Mideast Gulf ports are up so far this month, said Matt Smith, director of commodity research at Kpler.

— Spencer Kimball,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
In fact, trade intelligence firm Kpler said Iran’s August crude export loadings have collapsed more than 80% compared to a year ago.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of loadings

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The aircraft is being designed with modular hardware and avionics so payloads and systems can be changed as missions evolve.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
The situation jeopardized the US government’s policy of ensuring two separate rocket types are available to launch national security payloads into orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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