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
By his early 20s, he had mastered the rope trick that would later make him famous.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
"No rope will hold him with Raven prowling about."
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Activities on offer include high ropes, bushcraft, mindfulness, breathwork, yoga, archery, ice baths and guided walks, alongside informal spaces designed to encourage men to connect with one another.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Behind guarded gates resembling an Indian maharajah's palace are hundreds of elephants and big cats, giraffes grazing in a mock savannah, and chimpanzees and orangutans swinging from ropes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Chin and Vasarhelyi’s 2018 Oscar-winning documentary, Free Solo, followed Alex Honnold as he climbed Yosemite’s El Capitan without any ropes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Nearby, a shirtless jock dashed across a net made of ropes and grannies dangled from high bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Her thick, curly hair was tied in two long braids that hung down her back like ropes.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Keen to catch the rerelease, she bought tickets with her AMC A-List membership and roped in two friends for a screening that boasted a mixture of laughs, shock, and dead silence.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
On the second pitch of the at-bat, Hernández recognized a hung slider, and he roped it over the left-field fence at 109.3 mph, according to Statcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
Antigoni's family, including her mother and grandparents, make an appearance in the music video for Jalla - but she also roped in a few other big cameos.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Not wanting to get roped into staying longer than I had to.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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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
Gen had been jump roping around the house for a week straight, driving everyone mad.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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