as in loads
a considerable amount
I received a ton of advice on the problem—all of it unsolicited
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as in trends
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
granite countertops became all the ton in kitchen decor
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CBS News, 4 May 2026
Central Table Rock Lake boasts the lake’s largest marina, Port of Kimberling Marina and Resort, and tons of lodging, while popular Indian Point is home to award-winning Silver Dollar City.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 4 May 2026
The Mingomba mine will be among the largest copper mines in the world and will eventually produce 300,000 tons of copper a year.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 May 2026
Weighing around 24,100 tons, the platform is stable enough to support the large turbine in open sea conditions.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
Peli Motto Tatooine's quirkiest space mechanic is also its coolest, with a bunch of jittery repair droids and tons of warm personality.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
The animal—forty feet long and weighing twelve tons, roughly the scale of a city bus—was tangled up in fishing net and rope.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Amazon Leo 5, which launched on April 4, boosted that number to 29 and set a new record for the heaviest payload ever flown by an Atlas V in the process — 18 tons.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Amazon has tons of Adidas styles to shop; Keep scrolling for trendy Mary Jane shoes, running sneakers, and more.
—Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, Spanish police impounded 13 tons of cocaine from a container ship that had arrived at the southern port of Algeciras from Ecuador, the country's largest-ever haul of the drug.
—CBS News, 4 May 2026
Central Table Rock Lake boasts the lake’s largest marina, Port of Kimberling Marina and Resort, and tons of lodging, while popular Indian Point is home to award-winning Silver Dollar City.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 4 May 2026
The Mingomba mine will be among the largest copper mines in the world and will eventually produce 300,000 tons of copper a year.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 May 2026
Weighing around 24,100 tons, the platform is stable enough to support the large turbine in open sea conditions.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
Peli Motto Tatooine's quirkiest space mechanic is also its coolest, with a bunch of jittery repair droids and tons of warm personality.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
The animal—forty feet long and weighing twelve tons, roughly the scale of a city bus—was tangled up in fishing net and rope.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Amazon Leo 5, which launched on April 4, boosted that number to 29 and set a new record for the heaviest payload ever flown by an Atlas V in the process — 18 tons.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Amazon has tons of Adidas styles to shop; Keep scrolling for trendy Mary Jane shoes, running sneakers, and more.
—Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Tons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tons. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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