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
Neither do the costumes, which are flame retardant, and add additional heft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
NEW DELHI—India’s education minister resigned on Saturday, handing the country’s youth movement a major victory and showing the growing heft of a Gen Z movement that began just months ago as online memes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
They were living together anyway, and he was not unhappy, and he imagined that she would, with time, gain a certain heft.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
He hefts the porcupine, propping it on his shoulder, expression thoughtful.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
He hefted his partner to his feet and half-carried him into the upstairs bathroom.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Calculations of its hefted flight angle, altitude and length of flight suggested it had the range to reach the continental U.S. if fired on a conventional trajectory.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 19, 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
Oliver slid off the wall, hefted his backpack, and offered me his hand.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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
They can be with any form of resistance, such as gravity, hand weights, resistance bands, or even water bottles or cans from the cupboard, or hefting grocery bags.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 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
He returned a moment later, hefting the thick book.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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