Winched

So we got an all-volunteer Air Force chopper crew that flew over the battlefield, took a lot of fire, but "winched" them out. ❋ Unknown (1989)

At the far side of the windowless room was the large steel box Kate had described seeing winched down by the crane. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

On 15 September 1955, three marines and a civilian scientist from the Royal Navy's new survey ship HMS Vidal were winched from a helicopter on to a tiny, pyramid-shaped outcrop of granite sticking out of the Atlantic Ocean 240 miles west of the Orkneys. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He was winched to the surface shortly before 10pm local time yesterday, amid extraordinary scenes of emotion and celebration across Chile. ❋ Rory Carroll In Copiapó (2010)

For "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know", she clambers gingerly on to a swing and is winched several feet above ground like a shipping crate. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Devon and Cornwall police said he was winched up by a search and rescue helicopter and flown to Derriford hospital in Plymouth, where attempts to resuscitate him failed and he was pronounced dead. ❋ Unknown (2012)

A salvage crew has been winched aboard during a calm weather in what may be the last desperate effort to limit the country's worst maritime environmental disaster. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At the start, they winched me out of bed in a sling. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Maritime New Zealand said three salvage experts were winched down to the Rena early on Thursday. ❋ Lucy Craymer (2011)

Pushed the Cherokee off the road and turned around at the top and winched him out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each man will be slowly winched from their underground prison in a harrowing ride that is expected to take five to 15 minutes. ❋ Copiapo Jonathan Franklin At The San José Mine (2010)

Each of his 300 ewes will need a health "passport" to go on her high-altitude summer break and their shepherd, Mr. Sarres, will have his personal belongings winched down to a mountain hut by helicopter. ❋ Lennox Morrison (2011)

GM and Chrysler have winched themselves out of the jagged crevasse they fell into in late 2008 by rethinking everything about their businesses--downsizing labor contracts, balance sheets, dealerships, production and, most important, the size of cars to appeal to fuel-conscious consumers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"The oil industry is moving away from helicopters for in-field operations because of safety concerns and, in any case, being winched on to the top of a 100m turbine in a gale is not an attractive proposition." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ten times a day, scientists here recently winched up a 10-foot cylinder of compacted ice crystals containing the unsullied air and chemicals trapped by snowfall for the past 100,000 years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to a spokeswoman for the Israeli defence force (IDF), Avital Leibovich, officers aboard its warships gave the activists several warnings before commandos were winched from helicopters on to the deck of the Mavi Marmara. ❋ Harriet Sherwood In Ashdod (2010)

"Todd and his gf won't be able to join [the rest of us] at the [cottage] for the long weekend, somehow they got winched into helping his sister move.....[suckers]!!" ❋ Hipster (2007)

Boy: Hey there sexy [wana] winch? Girl: Naw yer [awryt]. Boy: [Fine then] bitch! ❋ Huni Buni (2005)

'Are [ye] winchin' her?' ❋ Kate-o (2004)

"hey bro, you [winch]?" "[yeah mate]. i have yet to beat [21]" ❋ Eddie Smurfy (2020)

"your [just] being a winch!" ❋ Kickinbruce! (2008)

[Tam] and [Agnes] have been [winching] for months. ❋ ScotsQuine (2011)

[Mum]: were you two [winching]? [Chav]: aye [mum] ❋ Dr MDrr (2019)

Girl 1: Wow, do you see [that guy over there] getting everyone's attention? Girl 2: Yeah, wow, that's totally a [winch]. Girl 1: [For real], a winch for sure. ❋ AelaraTheGoo (2023)

Person 1: "Wow, [lookit] that ugly, lanky [psalm tree]!" Person 2: "Golly, it's awfully comparable to a [winch]!" Person 1: "How unfortunate... poor coconuts." ❋ H0m0s0cks (2010)

"That guy is totally pulling a [winch]" "How can you tell?" "He's got [a beard]. She's got a [lunch box]" ❋ Hvxd (2010)