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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
His catcher did the heavy lifting, firing to second to get Ewing.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Stay practical, allowing teamwork to share the heavy lifting.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Moreover, Devonté Hynes’ score, which is both anxious and playful, does the tonal heavy lifting without ever announcing itself, which is something the music branch can discover and appreciate.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
27 June 2026
With generative AI, the heavy lifting is done during the pre-training process.
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Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Stay practical, allowing teamwork to share the heavy lifting.
—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Moreover, Devonté Hynes’ score, which is both anxious and playful, does the tonal heavy lifting without ever announcing itself, which is something the music branch can discover and appreciate.
—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
27 June 2026
With generative AI, the heavy lifting is done during the pre-training process.
—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
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Many leaders are rightly enthusiastic about how AI can help reduce burnout, eliminate drudgery and free people up for more meaningful work.
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Sea Rangers offer a Swiss Army knife’s dexterity, pursuing government contracts across the European Union and United Kingdom to tackle the tedium of climate compliance and the drudgery of clearing those backlogs.
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Intense exercise on a sizzling day can lead to extreme fatigue, impaired performance, headache, irritability, nausea, dizziness, cramping and dehydration, all symptoms of exertional heat illness.
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome causes fatigue, fever, muscle aches, abdominal problems, headaches, chills and dizziness in the early stages, and late symptoms include chest tightness, coughing, shortness of breath and lungs filling with fluid.
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An informant for the FBI quickly identified members of the Ku Klux Klan as her killers.
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The 16-year-old killer accused of fatally stabbing a young man in the heart of Dyker Beach Park in Brooklyn made an impromptu confession to an off-duty cop just 45 minutes later, prosecutors said Monday.
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Ron Magill, a conservation liaison with Zoo Miami Foundation, told ABC News that bears can feel threatened or competitive with other animals like dogs.
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Authorities in northern Aomori prefecture said on Monday that a man found dead on a mountain that day may have been attacked by a bear.
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But the effort was set aside after the onset of COVID-19, which caused massive disruptions across the Los Angeles Unified School District, said Michael Trujillo, a political strategist for Gonez.
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Both countries have stepped up efforts to safeguard freedom of navigation and uphold international law in the strait, including hosting a summit with 51 other nations in April.
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Lee Feldman held the job for seven years until he was fired in 2018 by the commission.
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Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
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Lawmakers in California made a purposeful decision that voting should be convenient and not a chore, as a way to to encourage the greatest turnout possible.
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An entire day of partying at Swift and Kelce’s expense doesn’t seem like a great chore.
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Located near Cleveland and Akron, Cuyahoga Valley National Park allows visitors to escape the daily grind of urban life and immerse themselves in nature.
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In a country built on perpetual grind (westward expansion, the machismo of the highway), the motorcycle distills that promise to its essence.
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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