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heavy

[hev-ee] / ˈhɛv i /






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“No one had made a separated heavy rare earth outside of China in 20 years,” said Amanda Lacaze, Lynas’s chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

By Weekend 2, most of the heavy lifting has been done, expectations shaped, narratives set, content circulated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Afterward, he lived under heavy surveillance and was banned from leaving China until 2015, when he relocated to Berlin.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Gary O'Donoghue, the BBC's Chief North America correspondent who was at the dinner, said while roads were closed around the Washington Hilton for hours, security at the venue itself "wasn't particularly heavy".

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Maggie glanced to the passenger side of the truck at the heavy ceramic bowl holding twenty-five-pound bags of self-rising flour.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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