heavy metal
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Guardiola's style has become the purists' template, while Klopp's explosive "heavy metal football" provided a thrilling counterpoint.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Beyond potential heavy metal exposure, the pearls themselves may create digestive problems.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
In addition to clothing that protects against the wind and cold, anyone attempting to climb steep terrain covered in snow and ice should have mountaineering boots, heavy metal crampons and an ice ax.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
With Charles at the horse’s head, they urged and pushed the heavy metal blade through the rocky earth.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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