lariat
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Recently, researchers at Brown University who were studying the locations of the joining sites in these lariats made an odd observation -- some introns were actually circular instead of lariat shaped.
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
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