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as in heaved
to lift with effort
dockworkers hoisted all 164 barrels of molasses out of the ship's hold when it arrived in port
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as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
hoisted the flag on the flagpole
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as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
I have time to hoist a couple beers before heading home
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Recent Examples of hoisted
The video is enacting the viewpoint of the city itself on October 4th, the night that Ebba and Zema, dressed in dark, anonymizing colors, hoisted their small bodies onto the roof of a subway car, where they were later found, lifeless, at the Marcy Avenue station.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
This is the first time the ship has hoisted the NATO flag on board.
—Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
As the migrants boarded, a man hoisted one of the passengers in the air, a fussing 8-month-old baby whose face was flushed red from the heat.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Then, a crane hoisted them up and onto a concrete foundation.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Campaign posters flew through the air, as one person hoisted the official flag of New York City and Bad Bunny played from the speakers.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
But before the men can be hoisted into the air to live out their reindeer dreams, production needs to test the crane-and-harness setup.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Most of those trout that were netted and hoisted for a picture likely lived, splashing water through the air and then disappearing back into the river.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Ed Orgeron hoisted the trophy after the LSU Tigers defeated the Clemson Tigers in the 2020 College Football Playoff national championship game.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
This is the first time the ship has hoisted the NATO flag on board.
—Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
As the migrants boarded, a man hoisted one of the passengers in the air, a fussing 8-month-old baby whose face was flushed red from the heat.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Then, a crane hoisted them up and onto a concrete foundation.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Campaign posters flew through the air, as one person hoisted the official flag of New York City and Bad Bunny played from the speakers.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
But before the men can be hoisted into the air to live out their reindeer dreams, production needs to test the crane-and-harness setup.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Most of those trout that were netted and hoisted for a picture likely lived, splashing water through the air and then disappearing back into the river.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Ed Orgeron hoisted the trophy after the LSU Tigers defeated the Clemson Tigers in the 2020 College Football Playoff national championship game.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoisted
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Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss heaved a pass to the end zone.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Newport Harbor’s Oliver Aguero stole the ball and quickly passed ahead to Aguilar, who heaved a shot from half court that didn’t come close.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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By Saturday the ban was lifted, but several vacationers were forced into extended vacations waiting for their next trip home.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Jan. 2026
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Or at least the craziest until Malinin began doing on ice back flips during the 2024-25 season after the International Skating Union, the sport’s global governing body, lifted a ban on the stunt.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026
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The former Nickelodeon sitcom stars posted a new video on Instagram Wednesday, teasing what appeared to be a casual interaction as Peck sipped on a large drink in a plastic container.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jones appeared in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday in a dark suit, blue shirt, no tie and sipped from an orange Gatorade purchased in the courthouse coffee shop.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Republicans, who hold a super-minority in the Legislature and have long raised concerns about taxes and regulations overburdening California businesses, will likely oppose any tax bills.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Funds raised during the 2025 Grammy Awards telecast, MusiCares’ Persons of the Year event and additional fundraising efforts were used to help deal with housing instability, interrupted income, physical health complications and ongoing trauma.—
David Wilson,
Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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He is elevated, isolated, burdened, deified--positioned as an emblem.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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When Washington famously refused the power that could have come with such popular esteem, the move only elevated that esteem.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The first urban inhabitants drank wine, a recent archaeological survey found, after discovering the rare wine press near Tel Megiddo in Israel’s north.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The two had spent hours chatting as Shamblin drank hard ciders on a remote Texas roadside.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Hoisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoisted. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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