heavyweight
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Her team did not include any heavyweight opposition figures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The return of a heavyweight buyer like China would push up the cost of a barrel of oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He was impressed by heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting last month before the Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match at the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Perhaps the question is no longer who is the better heavyweight but who has declined the least.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Neither guy blinked at being instructed to join up with a reformed gangster who smelled strongly of urinal cakes to prank a former heavyweight champion prizefighter.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
The latest bounce has been helped by some bargain-buying and government measures to stabilise retail investor volatility, as well as strong earnings reports from market heavyweights including Amazon, Microsoft and more recently CoreWeave.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Lawrence clocked early on that Williams had the chops to hold her own against heavyweights like Harrison Ford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
—In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi gained 3.6%, led by chipmaking index heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix rising 6.15% and 4.1%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Seoul's Kospi index, which includes tech heavyweights like SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, has jumped by more than 50% since January.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But Harris’s theory was duly endorsed by a slate of heavyweights.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
