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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
But as the midterm elections quickly approach, and Congress does the heavy lifting before campaign season rolls around, some members question the purpose of talks of a second package.
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Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 5 June 2025
Use unique passwords that are hard to guess and let a password manager do the heavy lifting by generating secure ones for you.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
And let time — and temperament — do the heavy lifting.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Wherever there's 5G, there's fiber doing the heavy lifting.
—Abhishek Singh, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 5 June 2025
Use unique passwords that are hard to guess and let a password manager do the heavy lifting by generating secure ones for you.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
And let time — and temperament — do the heavy lifting.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Wherever there's 5G, there's fiber doing the heavy lifting.
—Abhishek Singh, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
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In the run-up to Friday's premiere, the Apple TV+ marketing team recreated Severance's drab-chic cubicles inside a glass box in the iconic station's Vanderbilt Hall, a place whose grandness belies the drudgery plaguing so many of the commuters crossing through it.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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The bar where everyone knows his name is his refuge from the day-to-day drudgery of his job as an accountant.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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This is just the wrong place for trash fees to be charged and is pretty much guaranteed to create massive headaches for homeowners.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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Bringing a pet to the vet's office for an appointment can often cause owners headaches, but one woman's chaotic experience left the internet in stitches.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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The series will look into the mind of the twisted killer, who was among the inspirations behind Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
16 June 2025
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Failing to measure and address these benchmarks can lead to silent brand killers.—
Liam Dunne,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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There’s a reason even a program as steeped in tradition as Cretin-Derham Hall hasn’t made it to state since 2007 — the section tournament is a bear.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
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But the experience of being there and watching productions of that sort feels a bit like being led into a highbrow bear trap.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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After a national recruitment effort, finalists for the CEO job were Major, Orso and Patti Boekamp, a former director of engineering and capital projects for San Diego.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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At the behest of the president, numerous federal agencies have undertaken aggressive, invasive initiatives to crack down on immigration, police speech, investigate political opponents, curtail US public health efforts and emergency preparedness, and more.—
Lily Hay Newman,
Wired News,
16 June 2025
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Which is not, under any circumstances, a pittance, especially when the job is staying in a swanky resort and acting, not coal-mining.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
17 June 2025
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The capabilities of drones, 5G, and artificial intelligence (AI) are significantly making a difference in their ability to succeed at their jobs.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Book of the Month Subscription For the compulsive reader, sometimes just deciding what book to read next is a chore—there are only so many bestsellers.—
Will Porter,
Architectural Digest,
6 June 2025
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The kind of glow-up that feels like care, not a chore.—
Martine Thompson,
Essence,
5 June 2025
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Some of them aren’t physically or mentally ready to handle the grind and the pressure of playing in the National Hockey League.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
6 June 2025
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However, there's a reason why teams have become proactive about buying players more rest throughout the grind of the 82-game regular season.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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