cable car
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Imagine a stopped cable car sitting at the top of a steep hill in San Francisco.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The cable car service was suspended, and public broadcaster SRF said between 100 and 200 passengers were brought to safety from about 40 gondolas.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi's pacey documentary tells the real life story of the rescue of Pakistani schoolboys stranded hundreds of feet above a Himalayan valley in a rusting cable car when wires snap.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Meagan, I learned, had never experienced the scenic, hair-raising, cable car ride that connects the small mountain town of Khulo with the tiny village of Tago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
We took the cable car to the bus stop and took the East Bay bus back to Oakland.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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