rope

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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

Elias asked Williams if he either struck Dandridge with his rope or if owned a hockey stick.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

So I won’t buy a jump rope, and I won’t take creatine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A rope slung around his waist, whipping out and out and down.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff