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rope

[rohp] / roʊp /


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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

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

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

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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