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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
Recently, Boston Dynamics showed how Atlas learned heavy lifting through reinforcement learning and simulation, carrying shifting loads like mini-fridges just weeks after its public debut.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Alex McCoy did a lot of the heavy lifting for high Single-A Fort Wayne on Sunday.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026
The Office lost Steve Carell after season seven and kept going for two more, sustained by an ensemble that had been steadily doing the heavy lifting all along.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
When Cold Water Works Better for Cleaning While hot water works best on tough grease, there are a couple of exceptions where cold water does the heavy lifting.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Alex McCoy did a lot of the heavy lifting for high Single-A Fort Wayne on Sunday.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026
The Office lost Steve Carell after season seven and kept going for two more, sustained by an ensemble that had been steadily doing the heavy lifting all along.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
When Cold Water Works Better for Cleaning While hot water works best on tough grease, there are a couple of exceptions where cold water does the heavy lifting.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
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Each chapter delves into a different bodily experience that Maglaque herself has lived, from pregnancy to desire to drudgery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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So Mittelman looks forward to the last summer before college, the one time the drudgery of high school won’t loom.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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People in the trial reported similar side effects to those from mRNA Covid vaccines — flu-like symptoms including chills and headaches — that only lasted a couple of days.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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That has the potential to cause real headaches for Carolina, especially with how the former two have played.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Decades after Jones’ killing, investigators sent the evidence to a laboratory for processing and established a DNA profile of the killer.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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But a scattering of anglers is convinced that flavoring bait with tobacco is a sure-enough killer.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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Here, references to bears (in Bruin’s name, Colin’s fur suit, and Doane’s favorite hockey team), the talismanic power of household appliances, and the sunken earth keep recurring.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Arriving guests can be greeted by elephants at reception, before taking in tigers, bears, leopards, and hundreds of bird species on game drives.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Eco effort Lake George is widely recognized as one of the cleanest and clearest lakes in the nation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The firing is sure to trigger even more scrutiny of CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and her controversial efforts to overhaul the network news division.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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On one side were Carson’s years growing up in provincial Columbus, Georgia, and the succession of Southern towns to which her husband’s job had called them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Kory Kantenga, head of economics for the Americas at LinkedIn, explained how the high prices consumers are seeing at gas pumps may affect their teenager’s ability to land a job at their local grocer.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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In Dish Jockey, an etching from 1993, a harried woman in a bandanna (shades of Rosie the Riveter) scrubs dishes while an ensemble of Tinkerbell-like housekeepers complete other chores nearby.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The workers’ mundane chores while closing a local bakery for the night are interrupted by last-minute customers, a random passer-by and two criminals who have vague plans for a robbery.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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There’s a certain predictability to the plots in a Taylor Sheridan production — a kind of slow, relentless grind from crisis to crisis, punctuated by occasional eruptions of violence.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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But that doesn’t change the fact that both players were essential in their own ways to Denver’s survival of the 82-game grind.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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