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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
This subtle bait and switch from a national identity crisis to a personal identity crisis is imaginative and, for a time, intriguing, with Gadebois doing some very heavy lifting as the bad guy that means well but, nevertheless, behaves appallingly.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Much of the heavy lifting for the 2026 recruiting classes is complete.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
But what happens when a child’s imagination no longer has to do any heavy lifting because their toys actually talk back?
—Marc Fernandez, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2025
For much of the 20th century, neuroscientists believed that neurons performed the heavy lifting of producing conscious experience through a process called spiking, which involves transmitting a signal via an electrical impulse known as an action potential.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Much of the heavy lifting for the 2026 recruiting classes is complete.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
But what happens when a child’s imagination no longer has to do any heavy lifting because their toys actually talk back?
—Marc Fernandez, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2025
For much of the 20th century, neuroscientists believed that neurons performed the heavy lifting of producing conscious experience through a process called spiking, which involves transmitting a signal via an electrical impulse known as an action potential.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
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Treating cooking like drudgery—another chore to perform—will likely not inspire them to adopt this crucial life skill, one that seems to be going by the wayside in the era of GrubHub and DoorDash.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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Simmons spent the time between minicamp and training camp toiling in Kansas City, working to hit the ground running when the drudgery of camp in St. Joseph began.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fight over transit funding is just one part of a bigger headache—Pennsylvania’s budget is more than nine weeks late.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Symptoms of Chagas disease include fever, fatigue, body aches, headache, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, and eyelid swelling.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Woman of the Hour In her directorial debut, Anna Kendrick stars as aspiring actress Sheryl Bradshaw, who unknowingly crosses paths with a covert serial killer (Daniel Zovatto) while appearing on The Dating Game.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Compelling as that is, the mystery of Roman's whereabouts is nearly overshadowed by the arrival of a serial killer that's equal parts Jigsaw and the Riddler.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes an analyst’s downgrade will wreck an uptrend and hand the joystick over to the bears.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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New Mountain bounced off the COVID bear-market bottom much like other BDCs.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The merging of the modern and traditional is an effort to help people find God in a new way, said Reverend Jason Roberson, the head priest at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and to mark the church’s entry into a new century.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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With the sandboxing proposal, companies could identify regulations that are obstructing their efforts, and ask for a waiver.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Duncan Wanblad, chief executive of Anglo, will take the top job and Anglo Teck while Teck’s chief executive Jonathan Price, will be his deputy.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s when Billy Napier accepted the Florida job.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sweeping is a basic household chore that keeps dirt, dust, crumbs, hair, and more from building up on floors.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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Those mandates hit women – who frequently shoulder a disproportionate share of the responsibility for kids and chores –particularly hard, especially at a time when parents are feeling pressured to commit more hours to their children.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Chelsea have mastered the art of the consistent grind.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Raleigh, like most catchers, is getting worn down by the grind of a long season.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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