heft

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

With such sentiment and statistical heft, the reaction to Nvidia’s earnings can thus still shape the broader market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

It’s a nice piece, and the heft and weight of it feels just right in my hand.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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

She props the phone/flashlight under her chin, hefts Hector up higher on her hip, and transfers the hot dog bites onto a plate with a spatula.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

The missile, hefted at a lofted angle from a site near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, flew around 620 miles before splashing into the Sea of Japan.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

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

In Game 5, he lunged for a shoestring catch of a fly ball then hefted an on-target throw to retire at the plate Marcell Ozuna, who failed to tag up at third base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2020

Bobby Gene hefted the gunnysack up from behind the fallen log where we’d stashed it.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

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

Long after Dad had forgotten about the revelation in Isaiah, and Mother was again hefting plastic jugs of “Western Family 2%” into the fridge, I would remember the Weavers.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover