lassoing

Definition of lassoingnext
present participle of lasso

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lassoing
Verb
  • SpaceX was also famously involved in funding and operating the headline-grabbing Polaris Dawn crewed commercial mission in September 2024.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Rene Arturo Lujan, 43, admitted to grabbing two girls on June 18 and June 20, 2024, leading to his arrest roughly two hours after the second kidnapping attempt.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Climate risk is trapping value in place.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In September, while fighting a fire, a garage collapsed, trapping and badly injuring the 27-year-old.
    Ginger Allen, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Pickens was even more dominant, snaring nine balls for 144 yards and a score.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
  • At least Cochrane was familiar with the feeling of snaring an interception.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By capturing and using the static electricity in compressed air, this system offers a sustainable way to generate electricity while also neutralizing hazardous charges that pose safety risks.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Like Dostoyevsky, Capote doesn’t portray his killers as demonic ciphers, instead capturing their messy complexity.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Zayn winning in Montreal after eating an RKO and a Razor’s Edge, then snatching the pin on Priest with a Helluva Kick, gave you the biggest pop and the clearest storyline payoff of the night.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Masked agents snatching preschoolers off the street and sending them to Texas detention centers serves none of those purposes.
    Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Davis starred in the divisional round against the Houston Texans, snagging two interceptions.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Channel your inner cool-girl by snagging a pair of the Alo 7/8 High-Waist Airlift Legging in one (or more) of the 14 available colors today, including Lawrence’s black, light blue, espresso, and clover green.
    Michelle Baricevic, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Sarr continued that stretch Saturday, corralling four steals — and recording Duke’s only block, which forced a shot-clock violation — in just 18 minutes.
    Brendan Marks, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • In addition to corralling luminaries like Ben Stiller, Lupita Nyong’o, and Mikhail Baryshnikov to present the awards to our winners, my responsibilities also included kicking things off with some introductory remarks about the evening’s purpose.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • People like Affleck are grappling with the six stages of grief, and have not yet fully accepted reality.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The region is grappling with a winter storm that is paralyzing activity in the area with freezing precipitation on its roads, discouraging shoppers from heading out to stores.
    Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Lassoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lassoing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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