ropes
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The crews use mooring ropes to lash the ships as close as 11 feet from each other so that they roll in the waves together.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The crews use mooring ropes to lash the ships as close as 11 feet from each other so that they roll in the waves together.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Pictures posted by climbers show a long line of people climbing up fixed ropes, queueing in the icy, low-oxygen high-altitude zones.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
If both are picked - Kemp has the benefit of being a left-handed batter who can clear the ropes when in form - it has a knock-on for the rest of the XI…
From BBC • May 20, 2026
He took a hop-step toward Katherine; he seemed barely constrained by the ropes around his ankles.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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