weighted
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At least 165 of the ships were bottom trawlers, a particularly destructive form of fishing that uses weighted nets that scrape the ocean floor, destroying virtually everything in their path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Seoul and Taipei -- both heavily weighted with tech firms -- were closed for holidays.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The sector table includes forward price-to-earnings ratios, which are based on the most recent prices and consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates, weighted by market capitalization.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
One man rides a draft horse dragging a wooden harrow, weighted down by a boulder, to break up the soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Being without his weighted blanket and the glow-in-the-dark hawk eyes in his bedroom do make a certain list for Axel.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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