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However, the faster solution would be inspecting the ferry, hiring staff to run it and restringing the cable.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021

These services, which can include restringing when needed, cost $75 an hour for the time spent in the home, with no charge for travel time.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2016

He estimated that restringing, weighting, installing upgraded parts and other services accounted for 65 percent of his annual business.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2014

He practiced obsessively, struggling to teach himself chords, but everything felt backward to the left-hander, until he hit on the idea of restringing the instrument—with the bass and treble strings reversed.

From Time • Jun. 18, 2012

The men rested in the glow of the fires, feathering arrows and restringing their bows.

From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter




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