wire pulling
Example Sentences
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The force on the picture is straight down to the floor, but the force on the toothpick is both the picture wire pulling down and the bottom of the hole in the wall pushing up.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
They took the last fence, Shaun Goilin still behind, Sir Lindsay starting for the wire, pulling up even with Melleray's Belle.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little discreet wire pulling and Esther was once more established as school mistress of District Number Fifteen.
From Up the Hill and Over by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone
How he became the great political machinist of his day, and how, by his zeal, ability, and method, he elevated "caucusing" or party "wire pulling" into a recognised system—I had almost said a political science.
From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Anderton, Thomas
A while back, just after this wire pulling, Jim Laramie walked into this room, shut the door and locked it and sat down right where you're sittin' now.
From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
