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heavy metal

NOUN
hard rock
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Authorities deployed thousands of security personnel across central Delhi for a third straight day, erecting heavy metal barricades and closing key metro stations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Her heavy metal performances trumped nine other finalists, including magician acts, canine performers and even a robot dance crew.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Rabanne, which has built an entire brand and silhouette around heavy metal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

"There are bacteria that can metabolically utilize the heavy metal, uranium, which is toxic for humans," says Dr. Evelyn Krawczyk-Bärsch, scientist in HZDR's Terrestrial Microbiology research group and co-author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Like the sound a heavy metal object, say a refrigerator, might make if it were slowly being pushed across ceramic tile.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda


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