pulley
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
I saw my patient had opened the door by using a pulley in his mouth.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
“A lot of people like to store their lily pads from boating on a hoist,” pulley system, she says.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Firefighters conducted a dramatic rescue of the driver, using an aerial ladder and pulley to haul her to safety.
From BBC ● May 16, 2024
The motion shifted the wooden platform that the pulley was attached to, which in turn caused the ropes to move.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
While contemporaries struggled with airborne instability, Wilbur and Orville Wright used a system of pulleys to warp their aircraft's fabric wings, allowing a pilot to bank and turn with greater ease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
His trips also revealed ornate loom pulleys and pottery, challenging stereotypes that African art is "limited to masks and figures", Oberhofer added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
A system of pulleys allows children on the ground to hoist food to kids above.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
He writes his great-grandfather's "technical diagrams of ramps and pulleys suggest that he was also a trained engineer who couldn't resist a project".
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
There were two beds pulled up to the ceiling through a clever construction of ropes and pulleys.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Vocabulary lists containing pulley
Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Engineering - Introductory
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