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Recent Examples of lariat
Back in the ring, Okada and Takeshita went back-and-forth in an excellent sequence with a wheelbarrow back suplex from Takeshita, followed by a running dropkick from Takeshita and a fighting-spirit lariat from Okada.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
King got back in the match, hitting Allin with a cannonball and a lariat.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Swift stacked two diamond necklaces on top of each other, selecting a pave lock necklace ($8,900) and a lariat pendant ($6,440).
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Flapper-worthy tassels and liquid lariats?
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2026
For the event on Saturday, Yeoh wore the gown alongside a sumptuous pearl lariat necklace, dangly diamond earrings and a coordinating bracelet.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 3 Jan. 2026
Chokers, lariats, diamonds by the yard—some would argue that there’s a place for all of them in the safe, but discerning collectors tend to end up reaching for the trusty favorite, time after time.
—Victoria Herman, Air Mail, 8 Nov. 2025
The lariat is the sultry provocateur of the jewelry world, known for its ultra feminine design that elongates the neck and draws attention to the décolletage.
—Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
King got back in the match, hitting Allin with a cannonball and a lariat.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Swift stacked two diamond necklaces on top of each other, selecting a pave lock necklace ($8,900) and a lariat pendant ($6,440).
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Flapper-worthy tassels and liquid lariats?
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2026
For the event on Saturday, Yeoh wore the gown alongside a sumptuous pearl lariat necklace, dangly diamond earrings and a coordinating bracelet.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 3 Jan. 2026
Chokers, lariats, diamonds by the yard—some would argue that there’s a place for all of them in the safe, but discerning collectors tend to end up reaching for the trusty favorite, time after time.
—Victoria Herman, Air Mail, 8 Nov. 2025
The lariat is the sultry provocateur of the jewelry world, known for its ultra feminine design that elongates the neck and draws attention to the décolletage.
—Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lariat
lasso
Noun
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Lord’s video is shot from the back seat of a car cruising down Sunset, the camera tracking other street ads beyond the windshield, centering a lasso-wielding Marlboro Cowboy, a Star Wars movie billboard, and one for the box-office flop Perfect (1985), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Two Rorschach blobs as tall as men—one dark, the other a bright copper and blue—cast lassos at each other.—
Walker Mimms,
The New York Review of Books,
23 May 2026
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“Lariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lariat. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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