on the ropes

In 2022, with Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney somehow on the ropes in a district that had gone for Biden two years prior by roughly 10 points, Clinton got back on the mic with his signature campaign croak for an event in the not-at-all-working-class New York City suburbs where he lives, on Maloney’s behalf.

Fast-forward to 2024, and his career is on the ropes.

On the other hand, the bully is always most dangerous when he is on the ropes.

But for now at least, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are “happy warriors” who have Trump and Vance on the ropes.

Sweden piled on the pressure late on, forcing errors from goalkeeper Hannah Hampton as England were on the ropes.