Example Sentences

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As a result, "six to eight million kilos" are stuck in Mombasa, he told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

On the trading floor of precious-metals group Heraeus in Hanau, Germany, Dominik Sperzel is fielding calls from investors hunting for silver bars—ranging from the smallest, one troy ounce, to the largest, 15 kilos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs they pile back on the kilos four times faster than they would after ending diet and exercise regimes, new research found Thursday.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

"You feel that you have 5,000 kilos on your chest. We don't have night. We don't have day. We have nothing," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

I got them, and she requested a bar of chocolate with almonds and two kilos of apples.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron