rope

Example Sentences

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The maritime coastguard rescue team were called to lift the team members onto a hill before the climbers were raised to the summit with a technical rope rescue system.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

“It’s like taking a rope and then bending it and putting the two sides together,” Jamieson Mundy said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

So I won’t buy a jump rope, and I won’t take creatine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

He simply ran up alongside until the rope caught, then began to pull, his neck wrapped around to the side.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen