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Clue one: Pulleys clone twins,’ then I said, ‘Baby, they don’t,’ because we’re Monaco swimwear and we’re going to impeach the melon farmer.”

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2019

Pulleys and winches were set up to carry the stretcher across vertical shafts.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2014

Oliver sits looking at the layouts for United Steel Frame Pulleys for half-an-hour without really doing anything but sharpen and resharpen a pencil.

From Young People's Pride A Novel by Benét, Stephen Vincent

Pulleys of large diameters, and those which act as fly-wheels as well as pulleys, are usually held by keys.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Pulleys for Ropes.—Ropes made of hemp are now extensively used for transmitting power.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan