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“He was ushering me into a brotherhood,” Jeon-Gi reflects on the time when Ben chose him to help make a rope swing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

Sobers was briefly caught by Roger Davis at long-off from the fifth ball - but the fielder fell over the boundary rope in taking the catch, and six was signalled.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"The initial descent into the cave isn't too deep -- we would tie a rope to the side and then rappel down," says Viñola López.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

The first thing I did when we got home was to tie a leather rope across the room under the ceiling.

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

"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

Later it took further beatings as they worked out how the 8,000-pound horse could be dragged over dunes and log rollers by actors with ropes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Araya, the arborist, outfitted Paloma Muñiz-Ochoa, 17, and Maia Atkinson, 17, then, one by one, taught them the leg technique to ascend prepositioned ropes to a branch 50 feet above ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Analysts credit the 2011 purchase of NBCUniversal as a huge success; Comcast rescued a company that was on the ropes due to General Electric’s under-investment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Jack quickly pulled the rest of the strangely sticky ropes off himself, then threw his legs over the side of the table, noticing for the first time why his feet had been so warm.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Then he missed his spot with a fastball to Bregman, who roped a line drive to deep right field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

It’s worth noting that it was the American officials at the treaty’s drafting sessions who insisted on Article 6, so that the U.S. military would not get roped in to fight Europe’s colonial wars.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2026

He wanted to tell her about the roped pot.

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

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

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

Instead, he kept himself to a small space, but seemed to make big, amazing things happen, like jump roping over his own arm.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia