stringing up
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In Nuwakot, AFP photographers on Tuesday saw people scouring through mud into the rubble of their homes for usable items, some clearing away dirt and stringing up plastic sheeting for shelter in the ruins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Medical teams triaged evacuees in a car park, wrapping up wounds and stringing up bags of saline for IV drips under tents.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
Turabi was notorious for ripping music tapes from cars, stringing up hundreds of meters of destroyed cassettes in trees and signposts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
There, a crew of six repairmen were clearing debris from corridors and stringing up lights to prepare the area as a shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
He had plenty of disagreeable jobs to do without stringing up bad men for Uncle Sam; such was the attitude the warden took.
From From Place to Place by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
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