lifter

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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

During his time as a weight lifter, he worked at bag and paper companies and as a manager at Great Universal Stores, a retail and mail order catalog company.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

It has a nickname that reveals its insidious nature - the lid lifter.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023

St. Christopher, muscled like a weight lifter and crossing a stream of bronze, winked in the sudden light, giving fierce definition to an outsized staff and a Gerber baby Christ.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy