winch

The harness carried a telephone with video instructions for attaching himself with carabiners to the winch of the drone that would transport him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Firefighters then worked to winch the plane from the sea and Hampshire police were keeping the aircraft secure until it can be recovered, said the fire service.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Behind her were two 20-tonne narrowboats waiting to be rescued by an imposing winch machine in a nearby field with the help of a specialist excavator.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Using a powerful winch, the M88 recovery vehicle can pull something that weighs up to 140,000 pounds out of trouble or lift a vehicle weighing up to 35,000 pounds using its crane-like boom.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025

“Mind your feet, Marie!” a crew member called as he passed her on the deck, guiding a thick package that swayed in a net as the winch moved it up and outward.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

Beneath rotating wind turbines on Sri Lanka's Mannar peninsula, a fishing net is hauled up the beach by tractor winches and 20 men, but once again the catch is meagre.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

The strange-looking vessel had a deck that could be raised or lowered by winches to the level of the quays depending on the height of the tide.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023

Workers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area have been extending boat ramps and moving floating marinas with cables and winches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

Surgeons donned headlamps to work in the dark, and miners were pulled from deep underground by manual winches.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

It was a gray day, and when Muller’s service had lowered the casket with oiled and silent winches the hearse drove away and the husband filled the grave himself with a new shovel.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck