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heavy

[hev-ee] / ˈhɛv i /






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Traffic will be heavy on the Westside due to an influx of fan events and peak beach traffic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And when he was in the sand and he was having a hard time lifting his feet through the sand, because you know sand is heavy.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“There’s a heavy fixed cost to running multiple launch facilities,” Koontz told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

His two metaphorical ships carry a heavy cargo of intellectual freight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

But an untold truth was a heavy thing, and Clare did not want to carry that weight for eternity.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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