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Ireland earn a corner on the right after hoicking it forward, but Hendrick’s clever low fizzing kick, which finds Whelan on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box, is miscontrolled.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2015

Pal Andre Helland has just missed a golden chance for Norway, bursting clean through down the middle but leaning back and hoicking a dreadful shot over the bar with only the keeper to beat.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2015

Extracting shale gas is more disruptive than hoicking other hydrocarbons out of the ground—far more wells must be sunk than are needed to produce the same quantity of conventional gas.

From Economist • Nov. 24, 2011

Trevor Immelman is -4 after 16, hoicking himself up to -3 for the championship.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2010

"Yes," Sir William indulged her, "I should as soon have thought of hoicking up my bed."

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth