lariat

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This appearance has led to them being named "lariat introns."

From Science Daily • May 10, 2024

The response, which included agents on horses, was broadly criticized after images of what appeared to be an agent using his lariat as a whip went viral.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Didawick: This reminds me of when Harry did “Oklahoma!” on Broadway and spent enormous amounts of time studying with Montie Montana how to do the lariat.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

A Reuters video showed a Border Patrol agent using what the news agency described as a lariat to whip at a Haitian migrant trying to enter the United States from Mexico.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

He tied the lariat rope around her neck and slipped off the bridle to let her graze.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko