stringing up

The tradition started after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, when neighbors got to know one another better and began stringing up Christmas lights between their houses.

Turabi was notorious for ripping music tapes from cars, stringing up hundreds of meters of destroyed cassettes in trees and signposts.

There, a crew of six repairmen were clearing debris from corridors and stringing up lights to prepare the area as a shelter.

Several Americans have started to make use of their time in self-isolation by stringing up lights on their homes, inspired in part by a tweet from sports broadcaster Lane Grindle.

The buildings are constructed from the same drab concrete blocks, packed close together, and figures in bright clothes stand on the rooftops, stringing up laundry or simply looking out across the endless city.