winch
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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
The robot features four thermal and visible-light cameras, a front blade for pushing vehicles, and a winch for clearing paths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Using a powerful winch, the M88 recovery vehicle can pull something that weighs up to 140,000 pounds out of trouble or lift a vehicle weighing up to 35,000 pounds using its crane-like boom.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
Julius saw a wooden winch attached to pulleys.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
The strange-looking vessel had a deck that could be raised or lowered by winches to the level of the quays depending on the height of the tide.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
Workers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area have been extending boat ramps and moving floating marinas with cables and winches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
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
At some mines, the pit-head winches used to extract miners and coal are run off old car engines placed on blocks.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Stevedores and riggers by the hundreds strained against winches and loaded crates of rations and ammunition into the holds of the warships snugged into their berths.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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