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The heavy lifting is navigating the weighty stuff surrounding Gordon.—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 May 2026 Invest in pieces that do the heavy lifting for you, and suddenly packing becomes way less stressful.—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 Sturm did a lot of heavy lifting to steer the Bruins’ turnaround.—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 May 2026 Think also of consumer discretionary, with the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) also having rallied more than 8% last month, but Amazon — accounting for roughly 30% of the sector — has been doing the heavy lifting, Ginsberg wrote.—Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting