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In the end, the people who write textbooks will probably tip the scales in favor of one usage or another.
They've come up with all manner of catchy slogans designed to tip the scales in their favour.
At almost 6-5, Smith gained weight to tip the scales at 217 pounds on Friday morning.
January 5, 1989I weighed myself this morning and tip the scales at a hundred and forty-six pounds.
The thrusters have the delicate task of maneuvering a weightless satellite that can tip the scales at up to 5,000 pounds on Earth.
The only factor that has the quality to pretend to be the subject is working class as a whole, only able to make tip the scales in its favour.
He still evokes a spirit of the truly American virtue of gluttony, continuing to tip the scales at nearly 400 pounds, but the sports world has passed him by.
They tip the scales at up to 14 kilos, making them one of the world's heaviest flying birds.
Sarah Tynan sang celestially, but such a minuscule role could not tip the scales overall.
It is good to remember that, in the course of history, sometimes it took just a few people to tip the scales towards peace.
They are defined on the basis of the worries and concerns of the affected communities and can tip the scales for or against the project.
At times, in the course of history, just a few people were enough to tip the scales towards peace.
The more dependent a country is, the fewer 'carrots', to use Commissioner Frattini's term, will be needed to tip the scales.
At the Kalyani nutrition centre in Shivpuri, anxious mothers take turns weighing their babies, who are barely big enough to tip the scales.
So weigh hope and fear, and every time you are in doubt, tip the scales in your favour: believe in your preferred outcome.
Weigh hope and fear every time you are in doubt and tip the scales in your favour.
Through this regimen of exercise, diet, and sleep, it is not unusual for some wrestlers to weigh more than 150 kilograms, and a few tip the scales at 200 kilograms and higher.
Approximately three hours before the weigh-in, Toney said he expected to tip the scales at around 224 pounds.
At some point, you have to tip the scales in the other direction.
In particular, the cost of extra support or unexpected growth in usage can drastically tip the scales in the comparison if a contract is not carefully screened in the course of this comparison.
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The jewfish he remembered had been calculated to tip the scales at two hundred and thirty pounds.
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