Some of that precious land--quite a lot of it, in fact--is sinking under its own weight.
Instead of dragging down its parent company, Chrysler is starting to pull its own weight.
If it does become successful, I can predict it will fall under its own weight.
Nothing at all that is strong enough to not break simply under its own weight.
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Embassytown, that outpost of the colonial power of Bremen, is starting to crumble under its own weight.
The market will fall under its own weight until the Federal Reserve hints at their next quantitative easing steps.
Although they were still unable to balance properly, they were able to bear more of their own weight themselves.
Ben Yehuda connected Irmak, a man roughly his own weight, to his rappelling harness and began to maneuver them down.
The infinite amount of leverage ensures that it will eventually collapse under its own weight once the chain is broken.
But over time, Comdex became so broad, so over-crowded and so unwieldy that it basically collapsed under its own weight.
Central Bank Meetings A host of central bank meetings from Sweden to Australia will carry their own weight on the markets.
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Bands this heavily populated sometimes face a tendency to pack on the layers until an album collapses under its own weight.
Last year, she reported that her group had synthesised a nanofibre material capable of storing 65% of its own weight of hydrogen.
Estonia, a small country with a population of 1.3 million people, punches above its own weight when it comes to advancements in tech.
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The nanotubes naturally cluster together into tiny bunches, and were found to be able to store 4.2% of their own weight of hydrogen.
There are messaging boards and online meetings, members can start their own weight loss-centric blogs, and they can participate in weight loss challenges.
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Neodymium magnets are the strongest permanent magnets known, and a neodymium magnet of a few grams can lift a thousand times its own weight.
Samat stared at the ash, waiting for it to buckle under its own weight and fall so they could get on with the execution.
"The great thing about conspiracy theories is you just let them go on and on, until they collapse under their own weight, " he said.
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The tablet leans up against the lip -- not the most secure fit, with the slate mostly being held in place by its own weight.
After "Dateline" aired the "Bridal Diet Challenge" on Friday, July 22, viewers e-mailed and shared their own weight loss goals, diets, challenges, and success stories.
However, continuing to look the other way is no panacea either, as the real estate market is already in the process of collapsing under its own weight.
The younger brother left the yard, passing through a gateway in which a gate was propped open by its own weight where a hinge had given way.
It soaks up its own weight in sweat, which quickly converts to ice, and the resulting solid frost armor is worse than useless when it comes to insulation.
The other driver: Now that accounting firms are prohibited from selling higher-margin technology consulting services to their auditing clients, auditing units have to pull more of their own weight.
That might not seem like much, but considering most rigid robot arms can only lift a fraction of their own weight, it represents a sizable gain in strength-to-weight ratio.
By reducing graphene oxide and then applying a hydrothermal molding procedure, the scientists were able to fabricate a sponge-like structure, which can absorb upto 86 times its own weight.
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It has long been known that some solid materials, called metal hydrides, are capable of storing small amounts (about 1-2% of their own weight) of hydrogen at room temperature.
Since all forms of fractional-reserve lending are dependent on the perpetual creation of more and more credit that the system eventually can no longer sustain, it eventually collapses under its own weight.
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