hoist [hoist]
verb. to raise or lift (especially something heavy)
The Super Crane can hoist 1,900 tons in a single heave, the equivalent of 12 Statues of Liberty. It has arrived in New York from California to help build the replacement Tappan Zee bridge. It was used to rebuild the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
The last time the Rangers won a Game 7 in overtime was 1994, when they beat the Devils and, one round later, hoisted their most recent Stanley Cup.
Germany was the team hoisting the World Cup trophy in Brazil last year.
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