hoist
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By the time the new bed extension and hoist were to be installed, in September 2025, Hull had become too ill, and died soon after.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
One day in 2014, Flod’s young adult nephew, adept at climbing, helped him hoist the 4-foot, about 10-pound papier-mache sculpture atop the 70-foot pillar.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
In addition to Portugal, another nation targeted by Levy’s AI model is Morocco — representing a continent, Africa, that has never seen one of its nations hoist the trophy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Hamza Imtiaz, an engineer at semiconductor design firm Semidynamics, acknowledged some awkwardness when it came to anchoring someone from the opposite gender but none when helping hoist the boss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Once the beams were in place a windlass was set on top of them to hoist the rest of the timber and help in setting up the trusses.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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