rope
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Video on social media appears to show Patterson rappelling from the arena’s rafters on a rope, and plummeting fast to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
One protein in the E-cadherin complex acted much like a rope.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
The latter was in reference to a signature finishing move which saw him spin 360 degrees from the top rope of the wrestling ring and land on his opponent.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
According to Jake, the producers and the studio heads were at the end of their rope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Somehow he managed to get the rope around him, under his arms.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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And in the neighbouring Kocaeli province, a stream overflowed in Gebze district, sweeping away a driver who was later rescued by emergency workers with ropes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Markese Johnson said he never considered buying stocks until well into adulthood, when a childhood friend started showing him the ropes while Johnson was serving in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
“He wanted me to take people behind the ropes in football, so that’s what I did.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The tech rally could put surging bond yields on the ropes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
DD thrashes, but there are too many ropes for her to do much.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Three of the group - Bex, Ali Wright and Amanda Jean - work with local radio station Now Ayrshire, which is why they all ended up roped into this escapade.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Antigoni's family, including her mother and grandparents, make an appearance in the music video for Jalla - but she also roped in a few other big cameos.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
I mean, I might end up getting roped into buying something — not a Labubu because that’s over but some sort of kawaii animal stuffy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
In “Rooster,” Steve Carell plays Greg Russo, a divorced bestselling author roped into accepting a writer’s residency at the university where his daughter teaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Usually, Lisa-Marie Anne gets roped into supervising the kids, but that was before a legitimate childcare company existed in town.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Discovery, roping in a multibillion-dollar corpus of film-and-TV studios, streaming services, newsrooms, movie theaters, and book imprints under the aegis of one man, nepo baby David Ellison.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Then, in his second, he worked a 2-2 count, before roping a curveball up the right-field line for a go-ahead two-run double.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The team was assembled from across the company, roping in workers who specialized in materials, process and assembly, among others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
But she will not be roping in her mum, Liz, to help out despite the former world 10,000m champion being desperate to step in and lend a hand.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
It was the sport of aging cowboys, too slow and heavy to dismount to wrestle down and tie the animal as they did in calf roping and team tying.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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