tip the scales at
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The largest males often tip the scales at more than 540kg.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
But football was his best sport, and he was so small as a freshman that he hid ankle weights under his jeans to tip the scales at 112 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2025
A Cadillac Escalade, for instance, now weighs over 6,200 pounds, and the latest model of the Ford F-150, the most popular vehicle in America, can tip the scales at almost 5,700 pounds.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2024
Meanwhile, Meah and Kepnang, who both tip the scales at 250 pounds, are the only rim protectors on the roster.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
To a judge of athletes, he would tip the scales at a hundred and ninety pounds, all solid muscle, for that superb physique held not an ounce of superfluous flesh.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
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