heavyweight
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Her team did not include any heavyweight opposition figures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Along with major concerts, the club has also hosted NFL games and boxing world title fights - including Anthony Joshua's heavyweight bout with Oleksandr Usyk in 2021.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Hormuz closure has only lent greater significance to the Red Sea, the only other maritime route for oil shipments from global heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 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
It was only going to be the greatest boxing match in the history of the world: our favorite, Joe Louis, going up against the heavyweight champion of the world, Jim Braddock.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
She won the inaugural version of the prize in 2024, again beating a field that included Nigerian heavyweights such as Burna Boy and Davido.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Its goal: to mount a challenge to prediction-market heavyweights Kalshi and Polymarket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
By June, Wall Street heavyweights BlackRock and Citadel Securities had signed on as backers and the Texas exchange had raised roughly $120 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
In it, he describes the recent correction in the Korean heavyweights, Samsung and SK Hynix, as “both natural and healthy.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
The heavyweights pushed and butted each other clumsily.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
