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Neither do the costumes, which are flame retardant, and add additional heft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Not only does the stock market comprise a greater share of American wealth than ever before, but it has also reached new extremes in terms of heft relative to the broader economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

Combining it with Commerzbank would give it greater heft to invest in technology and boost lending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The bank’s biggest advocate is Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a former Bank of England governor and now vocal advocate of “middle powers” banding together for geopolitical heft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Then he leaned again, and pulled up on the right wheel, and with a heft, there he was, on the second step, balanced.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

This time, players are in the shoes of Gordon Freeman, who hefts his iconic crowbar as the game ends.

From The Verge ● Mar. 27, 2020

Or isn’t that what everyone experiences when Battulga Battogtokh, a strongman from Mongolia, hefts three women simultaneously?

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2019

Your father hefts his pack onto his back and you smear zinc on your face, following him up the trail.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2018

“EVERYBODY thinks this is a 50-pound sack of seeds,” says Steven Fabijanski as he hefts a large white bag onto a table.

From Economist ● Mar. 1, 2018

Gale’s hands close around the very bow that caught my attention a moment ago, and he hefts it onto his shoulder.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

After she sipped the tea my mom delivered, after the three of us brainstormed crutch-friendly Halloween costumes, Mrs. Murray hefted her pocketbook onto one shoulder and got up to leave.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Calculations of its hefted flight angle, altitude and length of flight suggested it had the range to reach the continental U.S. if fired on a conventional trajectory.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 19, 2023

So he hefted a ginormous statue of the Virgin Mary and walked on the water of the river Dnieper to get it out of harm’s way.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

To demonstrate the magnitude of this Borgesian Library of Babel, Cruz reached beneath his desk and hefted up a tower of four little books.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022

Next I hefted the rolled-up parlor rug over my right shoulder and started out to hang it on the line.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

She prepares dinner, then hurries to an Amazon warehouse for a 6 1/2-hour shift sorting, scanning and hefting bulky items.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

Other footage shows Scouts hefting umbrellas as they line up in the sun for facilities, and flooding convenience stores to buy ice and ice cream.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

A photographer saw a man hefting the statuette and stopped him and relieved him of the Oscar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022

Just because a machine is hefting the snow doesn’t mean you can ignore personal safety precautions.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2021

Travis stared at the book, hefting it in his hands.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner