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heave

[heev] / hiv /




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It is this that has led Sir Keir and the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to give Sir Olly Robbins the heave ho.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

In the part of the forest they control, he and other Romee youngsters heave logs to be burned and turned into charcoal, then sent by canoe to the provincial capital Kisangani.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

As pressure under the surface increased, the ground started to heave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

As pressure under the surface increased, the ground started to heave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

I heave the baton into the air high as the pennants wave over the stadium, and the hurricane finally catches me and I close my eyes and let it wash over me: “COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAN!”

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli




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