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- noun Alternative form of
heavy lifting .
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Examples
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Until both the Dems and Reps are willing to do the kind of mental heavy-lifting this article hints at, it will all be either fantasy or a mess.
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But that's what you get when you have 25 year olds doing all of the heavy-lifting in Washington.
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There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011
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Pennsylvania's school choice setback offers a lesson for reform-minded Republican Governors elsewhere who may be tempted to let their legislatures do the heavy-lifting.
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So don't bet on Heller doing all the heavy-lifting.
Gallup Poll: Will Obama Ban Try To Ban The Sale of Handguns? 2009
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There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011
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There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011
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The heavy-lifting of fixing the budget defecit under Clinton came in the first two years of his administration when his budget proposal with higher taxes was passed – with no Republican support.
Waldo Jaquith - White House finds Bush’s hidden $2.7T deficit. 2009
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There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011
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So don't bet on Heller doing all the heavy-lifting.
Gallup Poll: Will Obama Ban Try To Ban The Sale of Handguns? 2009
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