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rope

noun as in cord, line

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They were shown training exercises including flood-water and rope rescues and they both joined in for one of the rope-throwing exercises.

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“Detectives quickly realized that the four suspects ... tight roped across a narrow ledge to a neighboring apartment balcony!”

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Chasing 233, the Proteas were on the ropes at 78-5, but their tail refused to throw in the towel, showing the same grit that saw them turn the tables on India in their previous outing.

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The nearly century-old theater is stuffed to the rafters, quite literally, with set pieces, which hang from ropes and pulleys attached to the fly loft above the stage and wings.

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Castro, who is new to real-estate development, has assembled a team to help learn the ropes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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