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rope

[rohp] / roʊp /


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One protein in the E-cadherin complex acted much like a rope.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

A new project can always use a helping hand — some popular IP, a respected brand name — to skip to the front of the line and cross the velvet rope to an audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Several hundred farmers demonstrated this month in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba against diesel costs -- one of them pulling a tractor with a rope.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Trescothick is assisted by bowling coach Tim Southee, who was seen on the boundary rope at times during the partnership.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

I could feel Sean pulling on the rope.

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

And in the neighbouring Kocaeli province, a stream overflowed in Gebze district, sweeping away a driver who was later rescued by emergency workers with ropes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Markese Johnson said he never considered buying stocks until well into adulthood, when a childhood friend started showing him the ropes while Johnson was serving in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The tech rally could put surging bond yields on the ropes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Nepali team had been sent ahead of foreign climbers to prepare the camp, manage the route and fix ropes on the mountain.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

So we decided to tie all those bits of twisted slag metal to ropes and drag them behind the sheep like little plows.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

That investigation spanned seven years and roped in more than a dozen other automakers, identifying over 4,000 reports of sunroof fractures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Three of the group - Bex, Ali Wright and Amanda Jean - work with local radio station Now Ayrshire, which is why they all ended up roped into this escapade.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Against left-hander Matthew Boyd, Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages hit back-to-back singles, and Tommy Edman roped a three-run homer to left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Antigoni's family, including her mother and grandparents, make an appearance in the music video for Jalla - but she also roped in a few other big cameos.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

She would have roped off the area if she could.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Discovery, roping in a multibillion-dollar corpus of film-and-TV studios, streaming services, newsrooms, movie theaters, and book imprints under the aegis of one man, nepo baby David Ellison.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The team was assembled from across the company, roping in workers who specialized in materials, process and assembly, among others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

But she will not be roping in her mum, Liz, to help out despite the former world 10,000m champion being desperate to step in and lend a hand.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

Beyond roping off a large section of the store for e-commerce fulfillment, the company plans separate access sites for in-store shoppers, delivery drivers, and trucks, according to the proposal.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

On his hands and knees, he drags the aerial around the circumference of the cellar, as though roping Volkheimer into the golden armchair.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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