The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Nepal’s Tourism Board on Saturday shared on its Facebook page a list of equipment requested by the local authorities in Rasuwa district, including body bags, pulleys and personal protective equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
His trips also revealed ornate loom pulleys and pottery, challenging stereotypes that African art is "limited to masks and figures", Oberhofer added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
The nearly century-old theater is stuffed to the rafters, quite literally, with set pieces, which hang from ropes and pulleys attached to the fly loft above the stage and wings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
The bears lived in a treehouse surrounded by innovative systems of rigs and pulleys.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
Luna loved her grandmother’s workshop, and had already been taught the basics of mechanics—levers and wedges and pulleys and gears.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
