dead weight
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The factory sector no longer looks like dead weight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
Misguided, opinionated labor is dead weight; the high-up leaders know best, which is why they’ve earned the positions they have to begin with.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2023
“I thought I was dead weight / But you wanna carry me / You wanna carry me home,” she sings on the track, gritty guitar sounds behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
If your torso, hips and lower body are rigid, it makes it a lot easier to lift them than if they’re dead weight.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
I gasp for air and my mouth fills with feathers, feathers down my throat, in my lungs, replacing my blood with dead weight.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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