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In the current atmosphere, where so many have been conditioned to believe that the news media is a liberal wasteland, confirmation bias helps with the heavy lifting.—Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026 From weeknight dinners to no-bake sweets, yogurt does more heavy lifting in the kitchen than almost any other dairy product.—Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Feb. 2026 Every day on Ryan Keen's cattle ranch is defined by long hours, heavy lifting and the wind that never seems to quit.—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026 That’ll be heavy lifting for Flagg to match the start Dončić had to his Mavs career.—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting