hoisted
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The spacecraft was then hoisted onto a specialized ship, and the four occupants -- Meir, American Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev -- were helped out one by one.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The court heard the pallet caught on scaffolding while it was being hoisted, causing the bricks to fall.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
A staffer hoisted a poster board showing purported texts alongside images of Smith, Willis and Wade and a photo of State Farm Arena, then yanked it back down with remarkable speed.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Carla and Morgan may end up hoisted by their own unprincipled petards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
A few months prior, Kermit had been standing on a steel beam that was being hoisted over the river gorge when the crane slipped.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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