string up

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Footage obtained by TMZ shows Sweeney climbing up the Hollywood sign to help string up a clothesline of assorted bras across the familiar landmark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Using social media, he rallied hundreds of fellow residents behind a plan to string up their own lights in the center of the city.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Redondo Beach police were called when a group of volleyball players tried to string up their own net where county nets were removed in March, said Nicole Mooradian, of the Department of Beaches & Harbors.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2020

The owner of the home, when contacted by police, said he was nearly certain it was the same rope he had hung there a year earlier to string up a deer.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2015

He got up, and began to retrace his steps, winding the string up again into a ball.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill