heave
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At one point, Nelson appears to snatch the other driver’s sunglasses from his forehead and heave them across the parking lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Stokes had added 50 from 36 balls with Ben Duckett when he aimed a heave at Foulkes and was caught by Mitchell.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
The shot clock was running out, a defender was draped all over him, and he had no option left but a desperate leaning heave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In the part of the forest they control, he and other Romee youngsters heave logs to be burned and turned into charcoal, then sent by canoe to the provincial capital Kisangani.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Together Garrett and I heave one bag of ice after another into our cart, until it’s piled as high as it can get.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Malak heaves and leaks tears, stuffs a tattered tissue into the corners of her eyes.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Cronin is loved for building teams that improve with the schedule, fight till the finish, and have been a couple of last-second Gonzaga heaves from seriously competing for a national title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
With each of their heaves, the rope squeaked and the branch above bounced precariously.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
Mother and son are each maneuvered, bunraku-style, by up to three puppeteers at once, animated by a combination of intricate movement and vocalizations that include not just dialogue, but grunts, sighs and heaves of effort.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
It was not far advanced into the spring, and the narrow streets were thick with mud, puddles bright in ruts near heaves.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
The first free-hit was heaved over cow corner for six, the second free-hit was swatted over long-on to bring up a 39-ball half-century and another maximum was slotted over the leg-side fence.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Von Allmen, however, was a picture of celebration after his storming run, the large number of baying Swiss fans in the packed tribune wildly applauding their hero, flags waved, cowbells heaved and air horns blown.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
On a recent day, she heaved a 10-pound bag of frozen chicken from Costco onto her kitchen counter, then boiled breasts with onion powder and garlic powder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Every Navy officer I knew heaved a huge sigh of relief.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2025
Then they pushed and heaved while Kermit and the men above tried to pull the canoe free.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
“The jury is still out,” said Luc Van den hove, chief executive of the Belgium-based chip research center Imec.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2016
The same day, Monroe’s ship hove into sight of the French coast.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2015
At which point the English hove into view.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2015
The dark mouths of mines now hove into view, in all sizes and states of dilapidation.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
“Just a heavy blow. She’s hove down for repairs at the yard. What do you think of the new ketch?”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
International rescue teams and frantic families are in a race against time, heaving debris aside in a desperate bid to find the last survivors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
By midday, the entire stretch was heaving with thousands of people and the sea was full of swimmers and surfers.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Then Brooks shifts into the light thriller she’s teased since the opening notes of heaving, scratchy violins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
But last June he was rubber-legged and dry heaving in 95-degree heat when he bowed out of the 37-mile Rachel Carson Trail Challenge outside Pittsburgh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2025
He sprang up with his fangs bared and his skeletal chest heaving.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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