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tons

/tʌnz/ nom B1
  1. Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things). (colloquial) · I have tons of pens, but none of them work.· Tons of people attended the game.
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Believe me, and take comfort, this is better for me than tons of gold and cases of diamonds, even were they not as problematical as the clouds we see in the morning floating over the sea, which we take for terra firma, and which evaporate and vanish as we draw near to them.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 201 · C1
How could this rock, which weighed several tons, have been lifted to this spot, without the aid of many men?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 255 · C1
Consequently, consumers discard millions of tons of wearable clothing every single year.
The True Cost of a Cheap T-Shirt, p. 1 · B2
Billions of tons of pulverized topsoil were swept up into towering clouds that rolled aggressively across the landscape, burying fences and houses.
The Dust Bowl: An Ecological Catastrophe, p. 1 · C1

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