rope

Example Sentences

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Meatloaf, who weighs more than 200 pounds, was rescued earlier this year after being found tangled in fishing line and rope in the San Gabriel River, aquarium staff said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Handing company leaders enough rope to hang themselves with occasionally works out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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

“It’s like taking a rope and then bending it and putting the two sides together,” Jamieson Mundy said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Renn ducked into the nearest shelter and emerged with a coil of woven bark rope.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver