Or used as a beer mat, strung up with others as a bird-scarer or sent to a recycling scheme.

ECONOMIST: A new twist on an old polymer

The final result is 25, 000 LED lights strung up along the 1.8-mile stretch of bridge connecting San Francisco and Treasure Island.

CNN: San Francisco turns a bridge into art with 25,000 lights

Yellow police tape was strung up in Lafayette Square, the park in front of the White House, preventing pedestrians from moving easily.

WSJ: Man Is Arrested in Ricin Scare

She felt relieved, aware of a relaxation in her body, as if her nerves had been strung up and no longer were.

NEWYORKER: Bravado

EU, strung up a wire fence to keep out would-be migrants.

ECONOMIST: Morocco

The three guys who make up The High Strung grew up together in Michigan and have been best friends since they were kids.

NPR: The High Strung: 'Real Stone'

Today a population of 13, 000 is strung out along the long road up the valley to the old mines at the top.

ECONOMIST: It's an old folks' home out there

The start-up founded by PayPal founder Elon Musk strung together 6, 831 laptop batteries and designed an elaborate control system meant to ensure the car doesn't burst into flames if one of the batteries fails.

FORBES

Some pros and coaches say modern, deadened strings increase the stress on a player's arm if strung too tightly, bringing more shock through the strings, up the racket and into the body.

WSJ: Roger Federer: With Tennis Rackets, He Strings Them Loose

The volcanoes are strung across several thousand kilometres of ocean floor and are moving westward on the Pacific tectonic plate at up to 6cm per year.

BBC: Undersea mountains march into the abyss