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stringing up



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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

The solution is an easy one: Simply wash your hands after stringing up the lights, or wear gloves while putting them on.

From Slate Nov. 27, 2018

Another trooper can be seen behind him, stringing up yellow police tape.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2018

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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