hand-operated
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The hand-operated ones are too complicated or too fragile to allow for regular lifting and lowering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Those who make the strenuous climb will find weathered milestones, natural hot springs and a hand-operated cable car suspended over a riverbank.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Some are beginners, and some have only used foot- or hand-operated machines, rather than electric, Tung-Edelman said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
“One of the instructors discovered an old hand-operated lithography press in the basement, but it was all discombobulated,” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
We could have waited for a car to come around via the hand-operated ferry, but that was some way upriver and would have taken about thirty minutes.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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