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rope

[rohp] / roʊp /


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Using heavy equipment including "drilling machines, excavators, hydraulic cutters, and other equipment" on Sunday, they drilled four holes before rescuers descended by rope into the crater.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

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

Achim said he managed to tie a rope above his leg wound and the crew called emergency services.

From BBC 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

It was good news, but she said nothing, getting up to look out the window, coming back to keep an eye on the deerskin rope.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

By the time a younger sibling arrives, parents know the ropes and the pathways to pursue, according to Blazo, who studies sibling relationships and social comparison in sports.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

"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

Hrgovic came out with renewed purpose in the ninth and landed a thudding right which sent Itauma staggering backwards, almost through the ropes.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

It floated serenely at treetop height and was tethered with ropes to a circle of stakes that had been hammered firmly into the earth.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

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

Sometimes, in his rush, he pulled out the picture of the roped pot instead.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

At the same time, the truck’s design is aimed at roping in buyers currently driving EVs as well as gas-powered vehicles, executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 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

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

He had never heard it called Texas roping before; he knew it as steer roping, because they used old stringy Mexican steers rather than more expensive cows or calves.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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