ropes
Example Sentences
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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
This is the same Jimmy Chin who later filmed Alex Honnold as he climbed El Capitan in Yosemite without ropes or harness in “Free Solo,” which won the 2019 Oscar for Best Documentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
By chance, a BBC Wales camera crew had defied instructions to cease filming,, external and so the moment was preserved for all time as Sobers launched six successive deliveries over the ropes.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I run out from behind the column and rush the Manifestor, but they wave their hand, and ropes of light tie my arms and legs tightly together.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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