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
According to Jake, the producers and the studio heads were at the end of their rope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Several hundred farmers demonstrated this month in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba against diesel costs -- one of them pulling a tractor with a rope.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
We’d planned to sleep like cowboys around the fire but forgot to bring a length of rope to circle the campsite.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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
He says a well-trained system will know that ropes are not literally falling from the sky and use the English phrase "it's raining cats and dogs".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Rooms start at around $1,065 a night, and it has a kids’ club packed with amenities, including a ropes course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The tech rally could put surging bond yields on the ropes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Up there, years ago, men let themselves down on ropes to narrow ledges.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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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
The No. 9 hitter roped it beyond left field for his first major league home run and a 1-1 tie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
He was roped into providing the group tele-healthcare years ago, but - moved by their plight - more recently became a broker and "delivery boy" for their temporary passports.
From BBC ● 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
The roped pot stood out immediately; he ran a finger over the picture and ached to touch the delicately cast metal itself.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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
Chaplin is a master sentimentalist, but not averse to occasional sharpness: The moment the film’s boatload of immigrants sees the Statue of Liberty is followed by an official roping them off like cattle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
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