heavy
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Syntagma Square, in the heart of the Greek capital, was closed to traffic, with a heavy police presence to beef up security, AFP photographers saw.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
With winter not far off, Ukrzaliznytsia is already figuring out how to deal with evacuations when the outside temperature can reach -20C or below and snow is lying heavy on the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we share the passing of our beloved Freddie Jackson, who went home to rest last night,” it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He also anticipates $250 billion of capital expenditures, or long-term spending on heavy infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“I almost feel as though I didn’t know any French at all before I came here,” I said to Luc at the end of one session, my brain feeling swollen and heavy.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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
The men’s Huskies are heavies, too, though a slight underdog Saturday against No. 3 seed Illinois.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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
What’s happening reminds me of the concluding line Lisa Simpson sang when Springfield Nuclear Power Plant workers went on strike against Mr. Burns and his heavies:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
Big Time showed green and went past the heavies.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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Aramco also slashed November prices for its heavier crude grades sold to Asia by $5 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
These hypothetical stars are thought to have been the universe's first generation, forming from pristine gas made only of hydrogen and helium before heavier elements had spread widely.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, a heavier 4Q product schedule should provide greater room for pricing and mix adjustments even if component costs remain elevated, the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But banks have pushed back, suggesting heavier levies would undermine the government's aim to boost growth and make the UK less competitive.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The weight of what I’ve done feels even heavier.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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Physicists at the University of Oxford have helped demonstrate that one of quantum physics' strangest phenomena, quantum entanglement, can persist even among some of the heaviest and shortest-lived particles ever produced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The manner of the defeat - Arsenal's heaviest in a season where they were the reigning top-flight champions since 1989 - will also offer hope to their title rivals that they are not invincible.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Japan—have come under the heaviest pressure in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Scotland and Northern Ireland will have a wet and windy spell on Saturday, with western Scotland seeing the heaviest rain.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was the heaviest thing I’d ever felt, as if I were being crushed under a thousand trucks.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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