heavy

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The airline faulted its heavy reliance on CrowdStrike, while the tech companies pointed to Delta’s own technology and decisions in the outage’s immediate aftermath.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Ever since Big Tech went all in on artificial intelligence more than three years ago, seven companies have done the heavy lifting for overall S&P 500 earnings growth.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

If no more survivors are found, mechanical diggers and other heavy equipment will be brought in to clear debris and recover bodies, she said, but gave no timeline.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“I almost feel as though I didn’t know any French at all before I came here,” I said to Luc at the end of one session, my brain feeling swollen and heavy.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse