heavily
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Its biggest funder is the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, a Sonoma County tribe that operates a casino in Rohnert Park and spends heavily in state and federal elections.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
It was the same message board that helped launch the 2021 retail buying spree in shares of GameStop, another unloved consumer company that had been counted out—and heavily shorted—by Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Leshock and others point to the growing activity stemming from NASA, which is expected to lean heavily on commercial partners for missions to the moon and other tasks.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Haitians became eligible for TPS in 2010 following a devastating earthquake and the country continues to suffer from extreme poverty, rampant violence from heavily armed gangs and chronic political instability.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
It was breathing heavily, its muscled shoulders going up and down and up and down as the room shook from the force of its growls.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Vocabulary lists containing heavily
"Too Young to Drive?" and "Rules of the Road"
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