heavy
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China’s Shanghai Composite Index recovered early losses to close 0.2% higher, though tech heavy indexes in South Korea and Japan both fell back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
However, a lack of knowledge around credit scores and automating payments landed him in heavy debt after college, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
When the truck wasn’t there, they would draw the heavy metal gate closed and lock it, or else pay a scout to sit out front watching, relaying surveillance intel when needed.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Ukraine's defence ministry earlier said it struck a facility in the Russian city of Oryol run by a sanctioned heavy machinery manufacturer.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
When they reached the river, Clare realized he’d forgotten to account for the recent heavy rains.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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I didn’t see the seals of approval from America’s trio of book-club heavies — Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Jenna Bush Hager — on its cover.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Beating Miami would give Indiana a perfect 16-0 campaign in which they will have thumped heavies like Oregon, Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon again, and everybody else to boot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
He named a long list of industry heavies and bands before adding: "To the homeless and the powerless and the forgotten, we always say thank you."
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
If you want to contend in the Six Nations then you better bring as many heavies as you can find.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
They are smaller shells;—and amongst them, booming through the night like an organ, go the great coal-boxes and the heavies.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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The landslide occurred in August, when warm ocean waters and heavier precipitation favor both glacier retreat and slope failure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Instead, it aids exercise, helping you lift heavier weights or do more reps per set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Ironically, larger, heavier vehicles are often safer for the occupants of cars, Schneider said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The lower court judge sentenced Beaird to an even heavier sentence than he might otherwise have gotten due to the type of large-capacity firearm the police found him possessing.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026
The bones seemed to get heavier and heavier with every step.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and best friend,” a statement from Anderson’s family read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Istanbul was battling on Thursday to recover from flooding caused by what officials described as the heaviest rainfall in at least 80 years, as the toll rose to three dead and five missing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
After a mainly dry start, outbreaks of rain are expected to arrive in many parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland by the end of the day, with heaviest rain in the north and west.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
At nearly 13 feet long and more than 1,500 pounds, Yamaha’s new CrossWave is the largest and heaviest production personal watercraft on the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
They were homeward bound too, with baskets on their heads full of foodstuffs, the son carrying the heaviest.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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