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  • present tense form of rope (3rd person singular).
  • plural of rope.

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Analysts credit the 2011 purchase of NBCUniversal as a huge success; Comcast rescued a company that was on the ropes due to General Electric’s under-investment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

But it might be debt, not equity, that has SpaceX on the ropes on Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

While firefighters manned the hoses, climbers like Ivan Khmelnytsky dangled from ropes and cut the holes in the roof to put the solution on the hot spots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Once he scrambled out, he found ropes nearby that helped him manoeuvre further down.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

When it was standing fully upright on its flat base, the men were ordered to stop pulling on the ropes.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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