heavy
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Tropical Storm Lala on Saturday dumped heavy rain on Hawaii's Big Island, with hurricane-force winds and heavy surf expected.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said that Meta’s potential to generate new revenue streams through enterprise deals could help offset concerns about the company’s heavy AI spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
I realize that’s a heavy way to wrap up the week, so let’s shift gears.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The researchers used measurements from the fossilized bones to estimate how large and heavy the C. theotonicus individual was at birth and at death.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
He’d felt Gingersnipes’s heavy shame during the Recollection.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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
And for the unsung dogs of war - Thibaud Flament in the second-row, Paul Boudehent in the back-row, just two of their many heavies who can bang and who can play.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
In the 18-track release, Malone sings alongside country music heavies including Morgan Wallen, Tim McGraw, Dolly Parton and Blake Shelton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
Big Time showed green and went past the heavies.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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Into Tuesday and Wednesady this will turn heavier and start to move into southern England.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
But even at Burke’s, things change: Demand is up for kayaks, down for the metal canoes, which are heavier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
For now, most German states have lifted the Sunday trucking ban -- banking on a mode of transport with a far heavier carbon footprint than river boats.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
By targeting yield as a primary goal, investors often compromise their performance through poor portfolio diversification, heavier tax burdens and overpaying for dividend-paying stocks, Hartzmark said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I’m heavier than Bun, you know. By twenty-five pounds. That should count for something, shouldn’t it?”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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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
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
“Everyone can see what is now happening in La Guaira,” said Diego Arria, a former high-ranking Venezuelan diplomat who lives in Miami, referring to the state where the heaviest quake damage has been reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
It is also one of the heaviest parrots and is known for its unusual nighttime lifestyle.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
As if no one knew what to do in the face of such tragedy except to make the heaviest, heartiest, most prosaic dish they could, to give the bereaved something solid to hold on to.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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