ropes
Example Sentences
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How Wall Street sussed out that the hedge fund Situational Awareness was on the ropes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mann realized what was happening—nobody sells pre-IPO shares in a company valued at nearly $1 trillion unless they are on the ropes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Harbaugh had been an assistant coach elsewhere, learning the ropes as an offensive consultant at Western Kentucky and quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders, but this was his first chance to be a head coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"We have to fix our own ropes, cut our steps into the ice, and set up camps as we go along," says Nima Rinji Sherpa.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
If the ropes snapped while the Mykali was steaming out to sea, the shock might capsize the vessel, sturdy as it was.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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