A combination of cancer and melancholy over humanity’s destructive attitude towards nature led him to weigh down his body with diving weights and jump off of the side of a friend’s ship.

Source: https://www.jta.org/2023/09/21/ideas/the-buzzy-novel-whalefall-offers-a-modern-spin-on-the-ancient-book-of-jonah

Applied with the brush, it won’t weigh down hair or leave a residue.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12235341/Why-expensive-spray-sun-lotion-leave-exposed-burns.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Boston City Council absences weigh down…

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/08/boston-city-council-absences-weigh-down-participatory-budgeting-vote-which-fails/

So to make sure these deposits didn’t weigh down the balance sheet, during the pandemic many banks invested them in securities like bonds.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/why-weakness-in-us-banking-is-unlikely-to-spread-to-indonesia/