heavyweight

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However, by the time she listed the home, the Hollywood heavyweight had given it a complete transformation, adding two bedrooms, a half bathroom, 3,000 square feet of extra living space, three fireplaces, and a patio.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

The global memory-chip shortage that has dogged device makers in recent years—triggered by AI’s voracious appetite for the same silicon found in nearly all consumer tech—has even begun to cause pain for supply-chain heavyweight Apple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Usyk was named the winner and retained his world heavyweight titles.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Alex Pereira, who lost his interim heavyweight title bout to Ciryl Gane by TKO, was medically suspended for 180 days or until he’s cleared with a negative maxillofacial CT scan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

He was a historian of boxing lore and could narrate all twenty-six rounds of Jack Johnson’s famous bout in Havana in 1915 when the first black heavyweight champion of the world lost his title.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela