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"Last week we had a 30m heave coming through," he said, referring to the swell, "so we'll probably suffer more of that as the winter goes on."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

At Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery, the shelves heave with white strawberries, purple asparagus and other produce from 300 local farms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

It is this that has led Sir Keir and the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to give Sir Olly Robbins the heave ho.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

He cackles, bending over to heave a laugh.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

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

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

I retch again and again, and when my stomach is empty, the dry heaves take over.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

I grabbed the bike thusly and heaved, oathing with the effort—UFTAH!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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

Every Navy officer I knew heaved a huge sigh of relief.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2025

Petroc heaved himself, the muscles straining in his great back, up onto the boat.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

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

The Otter sloop-of-war is hove to and careened in the channel while it undergoes repair; men crawl upon its belly, scraping at barnacles and repairing the work of the worm.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

He then must use a wheelbarrow to get it to his home before heaving it up a flight of stairs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The place was heaving with devotees, hands clasped at their chests and lips moving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Here, at a heaving Murrayfield stuffed with the expectant French, they found their complete self.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

De Angelis and Waltz are also a hoot together, she as a heaving, hissing vampire bride who can’t stop licking her chops, he as a bone-dry vampire hunter dedicated to his investigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

He was sitting on their bed, his back hunched, his shoulders heaving silently.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie