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deadweights

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plural of deadweight

as in burdens

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There’s no real proof that the practice burdens or restricts US commerce.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
All of the decisions are made at the ground level; there are no departments to take the burdens.

— Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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Why the farmer’s walk works Walking with heavy loads recruits nearly every major muscle group, with particular activation in the core and lower body.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Flaxseeds From lowering cholesterol to lowering the risk of certain diseases, flaxseeds come with loads of health benefits.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026

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Where summer white can be a statement (think white trousers or an all-white dress) winter white is quieter, built on contrast between different textures and weights rather than the color itself.

— Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Amazon and Microsoft are two of the five largest weights in the S&P 500 with 8% to 9% of the index between them, so anyone investing for retirement has skin in the game.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 July 2026

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Ukraine at the weekend said its drones had struck two Russian vessels carrying military cargoes in the Caspian, the world’s largest inland body of water.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Europe’s own energy regulators calculate that refilling before winter will require LNG imports roughly 13% higher than last year, at a moment when Asian buyers — also restocking after the Gulf disruption — are competing for the same cargoes.

— John Kerry, semafor.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of cargoes

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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

Definition of ballasts

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Aramco had resumed crude oil loadings on Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after they were halted for nearly four months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026

Definition of loadings

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SpaceX has launched the Falcon 9 hundreds of times from both Florida's Space Coast and the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to deliver its Starlink broadband internet satellites and other payloads to low-Earth orbit.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Built for contested environments Mayhem 10 carries payloads weighing up to 10 pounds, flies more than 62 miles and remains airborne for over 50 minutes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of payloads

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Guerendo tore a pec in the spring and faces an uphill battle to make the team after San Francisco invested in Jordan James and Kaelon Black in the last two drafts to back up Christian McCaffrey.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Neptune in your 5th House of Creativity sextiles Pluto in your 3rd House of Communication, helping imagination turn into words, pitches, drafts, or meaningful conversations.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026

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