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- noun Alternative spelling of
cable car .
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Examples
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In the 1979 James Bond movie "Moonraker," actor Richard Kiel's steel-toothed character, Jaws, chews his way through cable-car wires and survives a plunge from the top of Iguazu Falls—but Mr. Kiel's isn't the only memorable role in the film.
Beware of Catching the King's Eye Jonathan Lopez 2011
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On this overcast Saturday morning, however, Mr. Hudak won't get paid for carrying his load from the starting point at the top cable-car station up to Zamkovskeho Chata, or Zamkovsky's Cabin, at 1,475 meters.
Europe's Last Sherpas Race to the Mountaintop Leos Rousek 2011
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He was sitting on one of the sofas in the next room, beneath a flat-screen television broadcasting muted helicopter footage of the cable-car station where her life had been saved.
THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010
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Switzerland will offer visitors a cable-car ride onto a flowering meadow on the roof of its pavilion, while the Indian pavilion will be modeled after a 2,200-year-old Buddhist stupa and display the wisdom of the ancients.
Shanghai Aims to Attract the World Stan Sesser 2010
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But it was clear that, despite his quick moves in the cable-car station, he did not kill easily.
THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010
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After recovering their skis and equipment, the men quickly headed up a steep road that ran next to a cable-car route.
Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010
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Switzerland will offer visitors a cable-car ride onto a flowering meadow on the roof of its pavilion, while the Indian pavilion will be modeled after a 2,200-year-old Buddhist stupa and display the wisdom of the ancients.
Shanghai Aims to Attract the World Stan Sesser 2010
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After recovering their skis and equipment, the men quickly headed up a steep road that ran next to a cable-car route.
Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010
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The Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, which represents some 2,200 bus, streetcar and cable-car operators, says Mr. Elsbernd's charter amendment is motivated primarily by politics.
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After recovering their skis and equipment, the men quickly headed up a steep road that ran next to a cable-car route.
Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010
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