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Alan is much more the business side of things, and does the heavy lifting there.
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Checkpoint inhibitors work by encouraging the immune system to fight back—this means the T cells, not the drug itself, do the heavy lifting.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
But as the Sunday primetime numbers demonstrate, there are still plenty of opportunities to grow the non-sports audience, so long as the big guys in the pads are doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Ralph Fiennes does most of the heavy lifting here, playing Cardinal Lawrence, a dutiful and doubting man overseeing the vote for the next pope.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Checkpoint inhibitors work by encouraging the immune system to fight back—this means the T cells, not the drug itself, do the heavy lifting.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
But as the Sunday primetime numbers demonstrate, there are still plenty of opportunities to grow the non-sports audience, so long as the big guys in the pads are doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Ralph Fiennes does most of the heavy lifting here, playing Cardinal Lawrence, a dutiful and doubting man overseeing the vote for the next pope.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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