heft
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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
Neither do the costumes, which are flame retardant, and add additional heft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s made of the joy-buzzer energy coming into your palms through the rack-and-pinion steering, the wheel gains heft and braille-like sensitivity as cornering loads and slip angles increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
He could feel the heft of the magic in his arms.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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
Gale’s hands close around the very bow that caught my attention a moment ago, and he hefts it onto his shoulder.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Rep. Kevin Hern, Oklahoma Republican, hefted a banker’s box onto the committee dais.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 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
He details his love of Russia and its people, beginning with meeting champion weightlifter Yuri Petrovich Vlasov in 1961 when he was 14 and hadn’t yet hefted a barbell of note.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Diaz, 30, said that her record-breaking 127 kilogram lift in the clean and jerk event was the first time she had successfully hefted that much weight.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
He crawled along the wall that was now a floor and hefted the door open.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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
“He’s a strong guy, and that’s good for all of us!” said butcher Karoly Ludanyi, hefting a string of glistening sausage links a stall in Budapest’s landmark central market hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
Just because a machine is hefting the snow doesn’t mean you can ignore personal safety precautions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2021
He was bent almost double, hefting my straw chest with his good hand as it rested on his back.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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