ballast

The report would have been better without such intellectual ballast.

It's right out at the end there, by the ballast.

They had used most of the ballast and were running on only one good engine.

With the ballast of one another's company, however, they spoke.

I had more ballast now, and a bit less coordination.

Oliver is well enough to take his ballast after all.

I've never heard such a load of ballast in my life.

I'm on my way to the dig now and could use some ballast.

There is also a high potential for them to be spread through ballast water.

She was the ballast he had wanted, the vital center of a new and better life.

Third, the wrong type of ballast may have been installed.

Maybe the problem with the ballast control will go away."

And with its jumps from past to present, the movie could use ballast.

It appears that a ballast problem was the more likely cause.

One problem is the ballast treatment systems are largely still under development.

Thus a ballast is needed to regulate the current through them.

"I think I've figured out what our ballast is going to be."

And they didn't seem to know anything about ballast, either.

I put it down in the ballast with my other things."

At least she was providing good ballast for her partner.

"And then the satisfaction of telling him what they are using as ballast!"

"Alternatives not only provide ballast, but another source of power."

"The last of the ballast was dumped an hour ago."

"A little more ballast than I had planned on, though."

This seems to be the first approach to the modern ballast tank.