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Not only does the stock market comprise a greater share of American wealth than ever before, but it has also reached new extremes in terms of heft relative to the broader economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

Compass is using its larger heft to pursue its strategy of encouraging sellers to share their listings within Compass-affiliated brokerages first before making those listings widely available on the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The themes that animated several of Ms. Straub’s previous novels—the inexorable march of time, complicated family dynamics, the power of reinvention—are what give “American Fantasy” its emotional heft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Its new Vera Rubin chips are likely to start shipping in the second half of this year, adding more heft to the group’s expected outlook for 77% revenue growth over the April quarter.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Still a girl, before the worst of it, before she learns the size and heft of a woman’s burdens.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

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

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

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

He has a video camera on his shoulder hefted with one hand while he uses the other to open the door for her.

From "How It Went Down" 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

“That first day selling was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” she recalls, hefting her bundles under her arm.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2019

I had to keep hefting it back up around my shoulders because the straps wouldn’t hold tight, and every time I did that, another fork or knife found a way to poke into my spine.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt