winch
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The harness carried a telephone with video instructions for attaching himself with carabiners to the winch of the drone that would transport him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Behind her were two 20-tonne narrowboats waiting to be rescued by an imposing winch machine in a nearby field with the help of a specialist excavator.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
On Tuesday the Pacemaker, the boat left hanging over the hole's edge following the collapse, was officially refloated after being pulled a few feet back to safety by a winch system on 24 December.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Shropshire Council said the boat, which the family live on, was rescued at about 22:00 on Tuesday using a specialist winch operation.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
Meanwhile, Tyripn's winch towers stood three- quarters complete.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Beneath rotating wind turbines on Sri Lanka's Mannar peninsula, a fishing net is hauled up the beach by tractor winches and 20 men, but once again the catch is meagre.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
There is no computer automation and anything that moves is moved manually, said associate director Jenny Slattery, pointing out the theater’s antiquated hand winches that control a mobile throne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Traditionally everything above the waterline on the 75ft-long boats - the sails, mast and winches - was powered by grinders, sailors who used their arms to turn cranks.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
As surgeons donned headlamps to work in the dark, miners were pulled from deep underground by manual winches.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
In Oklahoma they put two-ton winches on the fronts of their trucks to rip out tree stumps and even then, some of them won’t move.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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