heft
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Brics' geopolitical and economic heft has grown substantially over the past decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Nvidia has been at the center of a flurry of recent dealmaking activity, using its financial heft to backstop data-center financing and other deals with customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s not exactly the kind of metaphor you want to hang an entire film on, lest its relative simplicity give way under the heft of a feature film’s many parts.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Neither do the costumes, which are flame retardant, and add additional heft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
I get it to the edge of that shelf and heft it to my shoulder.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
Another possibility, yet to be modeled, is that the gravitational hefts of Venus and Earth scattered the material further out before some worked its way back to our planet.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
This time, players are in the shoes of Gordon Freeman, who hefts his iconic crowbar as the game ends.
From The Verge ● Mar. 27, 2020
Your father hefts his pack onto his back and you smear zinc on your face, following him up the trail.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2018
“EVERYBODY thinks this is a 50-pound sack of seeds,” says Steven Fabijanski as he hefts a large white bag onto a table.
From Economist ● Mar. 1, 2018
He hefts the porcupine, propping it on his shoulder, expression thoughtful.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Rep. Kevin Hern, Oklahoma Republican, hefted a banker’s box onto the committee dais.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
So he hefted a ginormous statue of the Virgin Mary and walked on the water of the river Dnieper to get it out of harm’s way.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
To demonstrate the magnitude of this Borgesian Library of Babel, Cruz reached beneath his desk and hefted up a tower of four little books.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022
Now the hills were bare of hefted sheep.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2021
I hefted the Story Box back onto my shoulders and started walking before fear talked me out of it.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
She prepares dinner, then hurries to an Amazon warehouse for a 6 1/2-hour shift sorting, scanning and hefting bulky items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Other footage shows Scouts hefting umbrellas as they line up in the sun for facilities, and flooding convenience stores to buy ice and ice cream.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
A photographer saw a man hefting the statuette and stopped him and relieved him of the Oscar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Just because a machine is hefting the snow doesn’t mean you can ignore personal safety precautions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2021
I was hefting a trilobite fossil and half listening.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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