lifter
Example Sentences
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I got one of my favourite wickets in my career, a lifter to Faf Du Plessis on the fourth evening, just as he was providing significant rearguard.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
Philippe Leleu: Single, no children, a dedicated weight lifter and professional gardener who, at 62, was nearing retirement when the police came knocking.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024
Of the four chambers, the left ventricle is the heavy lifter, as its thick, cone-shaped musculature is built for pumping blood through the entire body.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023
The International Powerlifting Federation has tightened its transgender policy after a 40-year-old male-born lifter broke multiple women’s records at a meet this month in Canada.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Sean asked her if she was an Olympic weight lifter.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
