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heavyweight

[hev-ee-weyt] / ˈhɛv iˌweɪt /




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He became part of their NXT promotion and won its heavyweight title before he was promoted to the main roster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The fight arrives later than anybody wanted, with both in the twilight of their careers, but for years British boxing's biggest heavyweight rivalry seemed destined to remain a story of what might have been.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Sexistential, the latest record from Swedish singer-songwriter Robyn, was named best independent album at the ceremony, which also honoured 2-Tone heavyweight Pauline Black with the outstanding contribution to music award.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The long-awaited heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is expected to take place at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Friday, 11 December.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Whatever happened to winning the heavyweight championship for Hippocrates?

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Wembley Stadium was long assumed to be the natural home for a meeting between the two defining British heavyweights of their generation.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Racking up defensive clean sheets while operating further forward than his listed position suggested, cheap as you like, and even doing it against league heavyweights Manchester City, where he scored twice for 17 points.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

This year there are fewer obvious awards heavyweights in the mix, at a time when prestige and independent films have become harder to finance, distribute and sell to audiences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

—In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.0%, with chip-making index heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics advancing 0.6% and 1.75%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

These days those prizefighters'd be professional heavyweights or riot police or somethin', but times was diff’rent.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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