strapping
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"He had not taken... an elementary precaution of strapping the crane boom down separately."
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
In the early 1990s, he got into parasailing, strapping tourists into parachutes and towing them behind a speed boat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Why people are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
Her jealousy is delicious when Skarsgård’s strapping wooden groom makes the other men look small, telling Colman that she’s “the reason I live and breathe.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
She had given birth at the zoo to two young ones, strapping males five and eight years old that were her—and our—pride.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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