lifter

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It will be lucky to complete five missions where it was once envisioned as the nation’s workhorse heavy lifter before SpaceX came along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Robert Rogers, who spent 12 years as an omnivorous weight lifter before switching to a plant-based diet in 2020, thinks he looks "10 times better" than he did five years ago.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

Of the four chambers, the left ventricle is the heavy lifter, as its thick, cone-shaped musculature is built for pumping blood through the entire body.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023

Cummins hit Root and then, next ball, produced a vicious lifter that was fended to first slip.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023

“Look, Mr. R.,” a lifter said breathlessly, “the table right behind us now.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole