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hoisted

adjective as in erected

adjective as in raised

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After handing the reins of power to Claudia Sheinbaum on 1 October, Mexico’s outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, hoisted her arm aloft in a joint show of victory.

From BBC

The Yankees, in their first World Series since 2009, bounced straight back as Giancarlo Stanton hoisted Flaherty for a two-run homer.

From BBC

After his call to the crowd Sunday night, Roberts hoisted the National League’s Warren C. Giles Trophy for the fourth time in his career, led a booze-soaked clubhouse celebration for the third time in the last month, then returned to the field to join his family for the second time that day.

A Butler Township police officer then hoisted himself up on the roof.

From BBC

A shrink-wrapped Endeavour was hoisted and then carefully placed in its final location Tuesday at the still-under-construction Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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