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The city lifted its snow emergency Monday, but cleaning up the streets is taking a good amount of heavy lifting.
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Unconventional composers Latham and Shelby Gaines’ terrific, mood-setting score does a lot of the heavy lifting, so to speak, as the movie skips between set-pieces.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
The school still needs about $2 million to get it across the finish line — including the heavy lifting of bursting the seawall to create the inland lagoon that will host the mangroves.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The Mets accomplished much of their offseason heavy lifting last week, finalizing a contract with Bo Bichette and swinging trades for Freddy Peralta and Luis Robert during a furious 48-hour frenzy.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Unconventional composers Latham and Shelby Gaines’ terrific, mood-setting score does a lot of the heavy lifting, so to speak, as the movie skips between set-pieces.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
The school still needs about $2 million to get it across the finish line — including the heavy lifting of bursting the seawall to create the inland lagoon that will host the mangroves.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The Mets accomplished much of their offseason heavy lifting last week, finalizing a contract with Bo Bichette and swinging trades for Freddy Peralta and Luis Robert during a furious 48-hour frenzy.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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