as in to rope
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Recent Examples of lasso
Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
There’re plenty of places to tie the lasso in Texas, but an Alamo City wedding is one to remember.
—Rhyma Castillo, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
By taking out the clear nods to commerce and branding, however, Tecovas hopes its short movie will lasso consumers with a vibe, not a value proposition.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Again, the Laquerarius, who was equipped with a lasso, is thought to have been identical to a Retiarius, except the latter had a net.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
There’re plenty of places to tie the lasso in Texas, but an Alamo City wedding is one to remember.
—Rhyma Castillo, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity?
—Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
By taking out the clear nods to commerce and branding, however, Tecovas hopes its short movie will lasso consumers with a vibe, not a value proposition.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasso
Noun
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The 59 year old paired her forearm-length top with a pair of wide-legged blue jeans, a gold lariat necklace, and a pair of oversized round black-to-yellow gradient sunglasses.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
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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.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Together, the 500 companies on the list roped in $21 trillion in revenue and $2.1 trillion in profits last year, employing 30.5 million people worldwide.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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There’s a big frontier out there to conquer, and Courseau is now enough of a cowboy to rope it, brand it, and ride it into the sunset.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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This past school year at Harvard, I was invited by the late Setti Warren, Director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, and Joe Kennedy III to work with future politicians, activists, doctors, clergy members, executives and entrepreneurs grappling with that reality in real time.—
Marc Adelman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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International migration has long been a sensitive issue in Europe, as nations grapple with an aging population and increasing anti-foreigner sentiment.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Messi stuck a boot back, corralled the ball, took a half-turn and fired a laser low and into the corner of the net past Zidane.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Grant asks Chris about the boxing gloves now for sale in the night store, but Katie forestalls him by running over and grabbing them, nearly flattening Chris.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Demonstrators grabbed bricks from the ground to throw at police, as tear gas was deployed in Geneva's streets, witnesses told Reuters.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Verb
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If not for Kevin Orie’s failure to glove a Ricky Gutierrez grounder leading off the third, which was ruled a hit, Wood might have had a no-hitter to boot.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The funky bounce tripped up second baseman Brandon Lowe, who couldn’t adjust quickly enough to glove the ball that bounced over him, into shallow right field for a game-knotting single.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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“Lasso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lasso. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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