scales
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The official said that if the company the U.S. entered a deal with scales as planned, the country could be adding 50 million barrels to strategic oil reserves every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"But if you slowly pull it apart, the Silly Putty stretches. So on different time scales, Earth's lithosphere behaves in different ways."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Even if the movie never scales to a technical profit, it is by any account an unambiguous success.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Elisa Valencia recalled that she had been gathering food scales, measuring cups and trays at the start of her shift when three cooks sprinted past her, shouting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
His hair disappears and gray scales pop up all over him.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
