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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
For a while, with their pitching staff decimated because of injuries, the Mets have needed their lineup to perform some heavy lifting.
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2025
While the pan is a bit on the hefty side, the extended handles help with the heavy lifting.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 2025
Like Anne Hathaway, Lively styled her statement denim with a racerback tank and let her pants do the heavy lifting of the outfit.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 July 2025
Citing numbers showing that AI is doing heavy lifting internally.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 3 July 2025
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2025
While the pan is a bit on the hefty side, the extended handles help with the heavy lifting.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 2025
Like Anne Hathaway, Lively styled her statement denim with a racerback tank and let her pants do the heavy lifting of the outfit.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 July 2025
Citing numbers showing that AI is doing heavy lifting internally.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
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Meteorologists are now freed from computational drudgery to focus on what humans do best: interpreting model outputs, applying local knowledge, and communicating weather impacts to decision-makers.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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It's meant to be a place of administrative drudgery with zero action, and yet, led by the affectionately abrasive Jackson Lamb (Oldman), Slough House and its slow horses somehow get involved in some of the most important cases of the moment.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Read More: The 9 Most Underrated Healthy Foods Flavorings and additives Natural fruit compounds, artificial colorants, and tannins in wine can cause headaches, GI symptoms, or hives in sensitive people.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Time,
22 July 2025
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His salary: $760,000. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages have dealt the Padres numerous headaches.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 July 2025
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In 1991: Serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested by two Milwaukee police officers, Robert Rauth and Rolf Mueller.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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The series was based on the real-life story of Melissa G. Moore, who found out at 15 years old that her father was actually an infamous serial killer who went by the name of Happy Face.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
21 July 2025
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In both his monologue and a musical segment on the July 21 episode, Colbert mourned the loss of The Late Show, poked the orange bear that is Donald Trump, and decried his corporate overlords as his in-studio audience cheered, guffawed, and chanted his name multiple times.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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Trump plan for states to oversee national parks could lead to more Grand Canyon damage Miller specified concern about bears who may struggle to ferry cubs away from the fires and birds that may be singed while trying to escape.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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Waiting there for us was Rhubarb the python snake, who's a member of the zoo's animal ambassador program, which means she was selected to help promote the zoo's conservation efforts and represent her species.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
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The visit, scheduled for 4pm, is part of the White House’s effort to ramp up scrutiny of the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation, which President Donald Trump has zeroed in on as a possible pretext for ousting Chair Jerome Powell.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
22 July 2025
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Great companies create cultures where ideas matter more than job titles.—
JJ Rosen,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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Data showed across seven Valley cities that there were 158 full-time employees with a park ranger job title.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Optimus has been shown picking up eggs, dancing, serving drinks, performing household chores, and playing Rock Paper Scissors with Kim Kardashian.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Stepping out, even for a quick chore, means being subjected to incessant honking, the frequent whir and squeal of subway engines, and a lot of chatter.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Player Replacements for the Event The grind of the nearly every week nature of the sport right now is starting to take its toll, as a slew of players were absent from this event, some with lingering injuries and others with pre-arranged conflicts.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The grind towards its Aug. 28 opener has begun for the Bears, who start the season against Brophy Prep on a Thursday night at Phoenix Central. Liberty, which has won the past two Open titles, begins its season on the same night at home against Mesa Mountain View, the 6A runnerup last season.—
Richard Obert,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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