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And having already proven her scary-movie bona fides with last year’s Heretic, Thatcher does a lot of the heavy lifting here, and brings a real sense of brokenhearted bewilderment, existential dread, and eventually, an avenging-angel sense of righteousness to Iris.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Cumberbatch shared his reasons for signing onto the film, both as the star on whom most of the emotional heavy lifting falls and as producer.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
And with fewer chances to make a personal impression, your application has to do all the heavy lifting.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
People close to Musk have privately undercut Ramaswamy for weeks, frustrated with his lack of participation in the heavy lifting, according to sources familiar with the internal dynamics.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Cumberbatch shared his reasons for signing onto the film, both as the star on whom most of the emotional heavy lifting falls and as producer.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
And with fewer chances to make a personal impression, your application has to do all the heavy lifting.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
People close to Musk have privately undercut Ramaswamy for weeks, frustrated with his lack of participation in the heavy lifting, according to sources familiar with the internal dynamics.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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