weight
Example Sentences
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“We all had to pull our weight to raise him,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
He said they had not been eating and were losing weight.
From BBC
The survey gathers information from more than 19,000 households in the UK annually and the findings are weighted to produce estimates for the whole population.
From BBC
Hernández says the extra weight he had put on undoubtedly slowed him down last season.
From Los Angeles Times
He said there was a culture in the regiment of people having to "pull their weight" and that Jack was undertaking more duties.
From BBC
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