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pulley

noun as in machine

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As of 1:55 p.m., rescuers had removed dirt down to the trapped man’s thigh but needed to remove more before hoisting him out of the trench using a pulley system, Scott said.

I saw my patient had opened the door by using a pulley in his mouth.

“A lot of people like to store their lily pads from boating on a hoist,” pulley system, she says.

Firefighters conducted a dramatic rescue of the driver, using an aerial ladder and pulley to haul her to safety.

From BBC

They had watched the situation spiral as the protesters stood their ground, refusing to abandon Hamilton Hall and using a pulley system to bring supplies into the building they had occupied.

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

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