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
Seattle trailed 12-7 when quarterback Russell Wilson unleashed a desperate heave to the end zone in the final seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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
I heave myself through the window and tumble to the floor.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Malak heaves and leaks tears, stuffs a tattered tissue into the corners of her eyes.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
With each of their heaves, the rope squeaked and the branch above bounced precariously.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
Until then, the Huskies can live off the happy memories of Penix’s precision heaves sailing into receivers’ arms, over and over again.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
The worker sprays the medicine in the man’s nose and slaps his chest until he heaves a breath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Homes unlocks the closet and heaves an unconscious Peeta over his shoulder.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Faced with an early fourth down, he heaved a pass deep down the sideline for Dixon-Wyatt, who leaped over a defender to reel in a 31-yard reception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Mostly, though, the stands heaved with fans from Argentina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
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
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
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Racism has been a feature of American history since the first slave ship hove to off Jamestown in 1619.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
“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
Just as Farage was explaining the purpose of his demonstration to the assembled media, another vessel hove alongside—to wit, a white pleasure cruiser by the name of Sarpedon.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 23, 2016
The same day, Monroe’s ship hove into sight of the French coast.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2015
So their talk ran on, while down the coast, and round toward Ithaka, hove the good ship that had gone out to Pylos bearing Telemakhos and his companions.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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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
The gym, meanwhile, is "absolutely heaving with young people" at times, says Lauren Connis, head of health and wellbeing at Oldham Active in Manchester.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
It's Saturday afternoon and the tournament resembles a beach bash in full swing, costumed bodies heaving under the blazing sun.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Or what it feels like to ride the slow heaving of the ocean, pulsing like the heartbeat of the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
But I couldn’t be sure, since it mixed with the sigh I was heaving at exactly the same time.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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