heft
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Brics' geopolitical and economic heft has grown substantially over the past decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
Unhappily what takes place onstage has little more dramatic heft and is almost as untethered to plausibility as the plot of a Meyers rom-com.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Neither do the costumes, which are flame retardant, and add additional heft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
She could see Kaisa and the dancers and the solid heft of the marble pillars, but over it all she could see another ballroom.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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
Or isn’t that what everyone experiences when Battulga Battogtokh, a strongman from Mongolia, hefts three women simultaneously?
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2019
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
The customer who just entered hefts himself onto his usual bar stool, leans his forearms on the polished wood.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
He hefted his partner to his feet and half-carried him into the upstairs bathroom.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
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
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
I discovered it for myself when I hefted the milk pail and stepped outside.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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
Taking a break from hefting bricks, Tica told The Associated Press that he had been working to loosen the earth with a metal rod when the ground suddenly began to collapse.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
A photographer saw a man hefting the statuette and stopped him and relieved him of the Oscar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
"Idiots, just because the will said Buy Westing Paper Products," he muttered, hefting a bulky bag from the compartment attached to his bike.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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