heavy lifting

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Recent Examples of heavy lifting However, Burbank cautioned that relying solely on zone 2 cardio can backfire—potentially limiting your ability to perform higher-intensity activities like sprinting and heavy lifting. Brian Mastroianni, Health, 23 Oct. 2025 But a LeBron-less Lakers team isn’t beating quality opponents with just Doncic and Austin Reaves, who had 26 points, doing all the heavy lifting. Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025 These 10 scents center the heavy lifting but unsung ingredient. Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025 No roof racks, heavy lifting, or guessing which pole goes where. Erica Zazo, Outside, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting
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Noun
  • Despite tech companies’ promises about the capabilities of generative AI, the technology has frequently fallen short of its promoters’ lofty ambitions to streamline drudgery and free up humans to do more creative, fulfilling work.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike the confrontational drudgery of couples therapy — and aiming to avoid the confrontational finality of divorce — this approach relies on subterfuge.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Among the opponents are some residents of Alton Road, who say that gating off North Bay Road would worsen the city’s already substantial traffic problems and create headaches for people trying to access their homes.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Utilities were stuck with the headache and expense of storing waste themselves, so in 2014, a judge forbade the federal government from continuing to collect the NWF fees.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For two decades, an unidentified serial killer terrorized young couples throughout small towns in Florence, Italy.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Christopher Revak, who took his own life after being charged with murder, may have been a serial killer, police believe.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yonah Mountain Vineyards also pays homage to the iconic mountain by emblazoning its wine bottles and glasses with a bear symbol.
    Crystal Tate, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But photos and videos released by the musical’s makers on its opening night Saturday have finally revealed exactly how the creative team managed to create a believable bear capable of entrancing an audience.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • That merely meant coach Brian Dutcher didn’t have to delicately parcel out playing time while massaging egos on his Mariana Trench-deep roster, and the bench shortened by circumstance delivered a 77-45 win powered by a pair of true freshmen and a typically frenetic defensive effort.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As companies pour trillions into transformation efforts, few see lasting results.
    Jana Werner, Harvard Business Review, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Duffy had been angling to hold on to the NASA job, according to media reports.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Ausberry was promoted to the interim job in Woodward’s place, and the board gave him the authority to lead the coaching hire.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • While a thorough cleaning of the toilet is likely included in your weekly cleaning chores, adding this fixture to your mid-week cleaning is an excellent practice to get into for a cleaner, safer surface throughout the week.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The clip shows Detwiler assigning cooking chores to the G1 humanoid in the first few seconds.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Since her husband's death, Kirk hasn't disappeared from public life, mixing grief with the grind of front-facing work.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But clarity about time’s value doesn’t require the perspective of final days — only the courage to step outside the grind long enough to see what matters.
    Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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