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[hev-ee] / ˈhɛv i /






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It will feel warm and muggy - especially where there are sunny spells - although heavy rain also features in the forecast.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Bonnaroo, in Tennessee, announced last month that the festival will take 2027 off to repair the grounds, after heavy storms canceled sets and prompted evacuations this year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

“A heavy IPO calendar could compete for capital at precisely the wrong time,” Kizemchuk said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Posters of a beaming Modi line streets across New Delhi to welcome leaders, with heavy deployments of security forces across the capital and widespread traffic restrictions in central districts.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

“It’s early, but…” The words he isn’t saying are loud and heavy.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

I didn’t see the seals of approval from America’s trio of book-club heavies — Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Jenna Bush Hager — on its cover.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

Beating Miami would give Indiana a perfect 16-0 campaign in which they will have thumped heavies like Oregon, Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon again, and everybody else to boot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

He named a long list of industry heavies and bands before adding: "To the homeless and the powerless and the forgotten, we always say thank you."

From Barron's Nov. 9, 2025

What’s happening reminds me of the concluding line Lisa Simpson sang when Springfield Nuclear Power Plant workers went on strike against Mr. Burns and his heavies:

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2025

They are smaller shells;—and amongst them, booming through the night like an organ, go the great coal-boxes and the heavies.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

However, UK Finance, which represents well-known banks and lenders, has suggested that heavier levies would undermine the government's ambition to deliver "growth in every postcode" and would damage international competitiveness.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

However, the researchers hope the new technique can eventually be extended to much heavier objects, including nanodiamonds.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

A resulting ratio of 2.0 means twice as much up volume occurred on up days as down days, and a ratio below 1.0 points to heavier volume on down days.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Higher-elevation areas, such as the San Gabriel Mountains, will probably see heavier rain — up to three-quarters of an inch.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

But the sky was turning orange, and the clouds were getting heavier.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Scotland and Northern Ireland will have a wet and windy spell on Saturday, with western Scotland seeing the heaviest rain.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Within the index, energy and tech carried the heaviest second-quarter expectations: Analysts see energy-sector profits more than doubling from a year earlier, while tech earnings are projected to climb 61%.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence powered simulation that could significantly improve our understanding of how the universe creates many of its heaviest elements.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

The UN Development Programme has found that Afghanistan is among a group of countries that "have contributed the least to global warming yet bear its heaviest costs".

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Cabinets opened fine with a little extra tug, and they could lift Grandma’s biggest, heaviest pot from beneath the counter when they worked together.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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