rope
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Places like Moab, Utah, and the Dolomites in Italy offer guided adventures, including rope swings off cliffs and tandem paragliding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
When was the last time you skipped rope?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The exercises also involved helicopters from which personnel descended by rope.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
On my recent rereading of “The Secret Garden,” I was delighted by the moment when Mary, initially pale and peevish and uninterested in her breakfast, begins wandering the grounds with a jump rope in hand.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Then Dad planted the ladder in the coat room and climbed up to hang a new bell rope.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
"After descending through the opening using ropes and calling out to those inside, no response was received," the prime minister's office said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Countless online courses now promise to teach the ropes of content creation, while Arizona State University will be offering a new content creation major.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
The deal comes one year after the Ellison family bought Paramount, which had been on the ropes because of significant under-investment over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
How Wall Street sussed out that the hedge fund Situational Awareness was on the ropes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
My friend and I will show you the ATO ropes.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
That investigation spanned seven years and roped in more than a dozen other automakers, identifying over 4,000 reports of sunroof fractures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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
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
Colbert took Cranston on a trip down memory lane, revisiting all the wild stunts the actor would get roped into during the beloved comedy’s initial run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Father roped everything to the sides of the truck.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
For example, trick roping performed by horse riders that don’t actually lasso animals or choreographed riding to music are not included in the ban.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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
Beyond roping off a large section of the store for e-commerce fulfillment, the company plans separate access sites for in-store shoppers, delivery drivers, and trucks, according to the proposal.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
The ship rocked violently as waves splashed high over the roping on the sides.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
