rope

Example Sentences

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Handing company leaders enough rope to hang themselves with occasionally works out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The company’s service expansion in the Bay Area is the latest example of how tech companies and retailers are competing head-to-head to speed up delivery and rope in more customers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Coastguards have lowered a dog owner on a rope down a cliff to help rescue her cocker spaniel.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

I yelped and wriggled, but my ankle was held fast by some kind of rope.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff