rope

Example Sentences

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I started wondering how a band like that got past the velvet rope and realized that none of it was by accident, it was all by design.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

We just held Musk’s feet to the fire — or, to put it another way, we gave him all the rope he needed.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

They tried, implying guilt-through-association, to rope Becerra into the scandal involving his former aides who embezzled from a dormant campaign account.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The inquest at South London Coroner's Court heard earlier a "pathway for avoiding Brooke's death" could have been putting up signs warning against rope swings.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Catching hold of a tall cane growing on the bank, I bent it down and used it like a rope to let myself down to the bottom.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls