lightweight
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It can remind us of our own financial insecurities or strike us as an unrealistically lightweight “problem.”
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Mercian Cycles, which has been making bikes since 1946 and was rescued from liquidation in 2024, built the lightweight steel-framed, hand-painted red tandem to James's exact dimensions, along with a blue back-up bike.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Similarly, Nike debuted the ACG Pegasus Trail in April for customers who like the lightweight, responsive Pegasus Road shoe but were moving to the dirt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The shoes sport chunky soles with rigid, curved carbon plates and lightweight foam, and Nike asserts they improve running economy by as much as 4%.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
"I invented it forty-one years ago. Had this lightweight, skin so thin would start bleeding if his mother kissed him. Lightning Lou Epp, real good little—" "I need a headguard," said Red.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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