Recent Examples on the WebHex-bar dead lifts, jump rope, land mines, crunches, band curls.—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023 Hall, who set a world record dead lift in 2016, lifting 500 kg (1,100 lb), is a retired strongman and 2017 winner of the World’s Strongest Man competition.—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023 Competing this summer at 181, Anderson benched 330 on the way to finishing second in the USA Powerlifting Nationals, a competition that also includes squats and dead lifts.—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023 That produced a standing ovation. 350-pound dead lift for one of the City Section’s top football players, Kory Hall of Cleveland.—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for dead lift
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