heavyweight
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Her team did not include any heavyweight opposition figures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Hormuz closure has only lent greater significance to the Red Sea, the only other maritime route for oil shipments from global heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
He was impressed by heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting last month before the Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match at the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dropped twice by a heavyweight competing at world level for the first time, he somehow recovered to produce a dramatic stoppage victory.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I was in the heavyweight division, and I had neither enough power to compensate for my lack of speed nor enough speed to make up for my lack of power.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
—In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi gained 3.6%, led by chipmaking index heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix rising 6.15% and 4.1%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
And before the opening bell, we break down why individual investors—once the Mag Seven’s most enthusiastic fans—are pulling back from tech heavyweights like Microsoft and Apple in favor of newer AI trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The 39-year-old has also netted six and five goals against South American heavyweights Uruguay and Brazil respectively while European oppositions have fared little better.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
In it, he describes the recent correction in the Korean heavyweights, Samsung and SK Hynix, as “both natural and healthy.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Spoon came up that week, and they all watched him spar a few rounds with the heavyweights, Jelly and Pete Krakover.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
