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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
Make hosting easier this weekend, and let ALDI do the heavy lifting.
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
In other words, when a few megacap stocks do all the heavy lifting, index funds lose their value as a diversified cushion, instead rising and falling based on Big Tech’s fortunes.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
For execs, the heavy lifting is largely over once the national team rosters are selected.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
And while Antetokounmpo says his preference would be to remain in Milwaukee and win another championship, the latter would take some serious heavy lifting.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
In other words, when a few megacap stocks do all the heavy lifting, index funds lose their value as a diversified cushion, instead rising and falling based on Big Tech’s fortunes.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
For execs, the heavy lifting is largely over once the national team rosters are selected.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
And while Antetokounmpo says his preference would be to remain in Milwaukee and win another championship, the latter would take some serious heavy lifting.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
Noun
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Perhaps there is a way to acknowledge head-on that recovery is, essentially, drudgery, and to make that compelling onstage.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2026
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Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Unexpectedly, though, operators stumbled across an issue with ground support equipment that could cause more headaches for a crucial moon mission that has already slipped at least a month from its target launch date.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Running out of memory, setting up a new phone or simply wanting peace of mind, Picture Keeper removes the headache from backups.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Despite heart disease being the number one killer of American women, women are underrepresented in clinical trials.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
5 Feb. 2026
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Season 4 focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito from the safety of Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Americans, meanwhile, stayed on their best, most humble behavior afterward, trying not to poke the wounded bear.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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El Dorado County Sheriff’s officials are warning residents after a man impersonating a deputy pulled over and assaulted a driver last week on a county road before the driver used bear spray to get away.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The collar will help scientists understand the movement patterns and reproductive behavior of the Sierra Nevada red fox, providing key insights to guide conservation efforts.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The former county clerk in Colorado was convicted of multiple crimes for letting someone access data from a secure voting system in an effort to prove unsubstantiated 2020 election conspiracies.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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With the right development, the cost of residing here could be more affordable than typical; that would be attractive for the thousands of lower-paying jobs in the area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Set against a backdrop of oppressive heat and drought, the narrative follows Isabel, a 17-year-old from the rural north who takes a job at an upscale country club outside Manila.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Gamify it For some kids, turning chores into a game can help.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
10 Feb. 2026
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Regularly cleaning your floors is a relatively small chore with a big impact.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
10 Feb. 2026
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Don’t put corn husks, coffee grinds, onion peels, peach pits, eggshells, bones, vegetable peels, meat scraps, grease and large amounts of pasta down the drain.—
Jessica Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Hustle culture has lost its footing, and younger generations are rejecting the grind without knowing what replaces it.—
Kelly Ehlers,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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