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Calculations of its hefted flight angle, altitude and length of flight suggested it had the range to reach the continental U.S. if fired on a conventional trajectory.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2023

To demonstrate the magnitude of this Borgesian Library of Babel, Cruz reached beneath his desk and hefted up a tower of four little books.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

Diaz, 30, said that her record-breaking 127 kilogram lift in the clean and jerk event was the first time she had successfully hefted that much weight.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Now the hills were bare of hefted sheep.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2021

I wanted to tell him he was taking the dodgeball game way too seriously, but before I could, he hefted another ball The other three giants followed his lead.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan