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Lift with some danged pulley system involving fulcrums and levers and inclined planes, or, better yet, just hire some dumb lunk.

From Washington Post Aug. 16, 2019

Speaking on Sky Sports, swing coach Butch Harmon paid a fulcrums tribute to the European squad.

From Golf Digest Sep. 30, 2018

Samba schools are social clubs, really, fulcrums of community spirit tucked deep into a neighborhood, many in ramshackle favelas.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2016

Our musculoskeletal system works in a similar manner, with bones being stiff levers and the articular endings of the bones—encased in synovial joints—acting as fulcrums.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The two men adjusted the boulders they had set for fulcrums and shoved down on the stout pieces of ash, their muscles bunching, the veins standing out corded on their arms.

From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)