Recent Examples on the WebThe pair have put sustainability at the heart of this impressive operation; it's run without fossil fuels and artificial chemicals – compost and seaweed do the heavy lifting instead.—Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 11 June 2024 The cartoon comparison does some heavy lifting in the verse.—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024 The guardrails While those guardrails played a big role in the state’s fiscal comeback, a robust stock market and higher tax rates — ordered in the early 2010s by former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the legislature — also did a lot of the heavy lifting.—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2024 And on both nights, their fastball did the heavy lifting.—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for heavy lifting
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