Thesaurus / hoist
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Once Judin was attached, the hoist brought them both back up.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RESCUE SOMEONE AT SEA FROM A COAST GUARD HELICOPTERROB VERGERJULY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCERescuing someone via a helicopter and its hoist is an especially dramatic and effective way for the Coast Guard to grab someone in distress at sea.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RESCUE SOMEONE AT SEA FROM A COAST GUARD HELICOPTERROB VERGERJULY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCECommander David McCown, the air station’s executive officer, estimates hoist rescues happen roughly once a month.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RESCUE SOMEONE AT SEA FROM A COAST GUARD HELICOPTERROB VERGERJULY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThen the hoist pulled him up and out, and—after a thumbs-up from the duck—lowered him out of sight and into the sea.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RESCUE SOMEONE AT SEA FROM A COAST GUARD HELICOPTERROB VERGERJULY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWe lowered the hoist, Moore attached it to both him and the swimmer, and we pulled them back up and out of the water.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RESCUE SOMEONE AT SEA FROM A COAST GUARD HELICOPTERROB VERGERJULY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEOn a rainy day last week, in a National Park Service maintenance garage in Manassas, experts used an engine hoist to lift the bronze gun barrels of two newly acquired Navy artillery pieces from their wrought-iron carriages to prepare for restoration.
CIVIL WAR CANNONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AT BATTLE OF BULL RUN GET NEW HOMEMICHAEL RUANEJUNE 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe slings were affixed, the order to hoist was given by the mate, who had descended from the poop, and stood near the gangway.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEIf with the Vice-Admiral he will hoist a white flag at the end of the gaff or derrick, and fire two guns.
YACHTING VOL. 2VARIOUS.Harvey, without further notice of his companion, proceeded to hoist the sail a little so that he could take two reefs in it.
THE RIVAL CAMPERS AFLOATRUEL PERLEY SMITHI will make a windlass as soon as I can, and we will soon hoist out another, like they turn a bucket of water up from a well.
THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FORESTCAPTAIN MARRYATWORDS RELATED TO HOIST
- boosted
- brought up
- constructed
- elevated
- erected
- established
- exalted
- heaved
- held up
- hiked
- hoisted
- jumped
- levered
- lifted
- lifted up
- mounted
- moved up
- placed up
- pried
- promoted
- pulled up
- put on its end
- put up
- ran up
- reared
- set up
- set upright
- shoved
- stood up
- threw up
- took up
- upcasted
- upheaved
- uplifted
- upped
- upraised
- upreared
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