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Recent Examples of lassos
Walker Mimms,
The New York Review of Books,
23 May 2026
Perhaps good writers/speakers could carry lassos, rope the culprits in, and teach them proper English!
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Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Jan. 2026
Attendees could try their hand at knocking over tin cans, throwing lassos and a ring toss.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
Two Rorschach blobs as tall as men—one dark, the other a bright copper and blue—cast lassos at each other.
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Walker Mimms,
The New York Review of Books,
23 May 2026
Perhaps good writers/speakers could carry lassos, rope the culprits in, and teach them proper English!
—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Jan. 2026
Attendees could try their hand at knocking over tin cans, throwing lassos and a ring toss.
—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lassos
Noun
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Flapper-worthy tassels and liquid lariats?
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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.
Verb
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But that initiative is now under strain as Crimea grapples with power outages and fuel shortages.
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Dark visions and secrets quickly come to light, as Mārama grapples with her heritage in the shadow of colonizers.
Verb
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Ismaïla Sarr nets a goal in the 56th minute.
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But a trade that nets them another teenage stud at the expense of Knies might well hurt those efforts with Matthews and maybe even spur his eventual exit.
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Shredded cardboard works as worm bin substrate, balances compost, and traps pests like slugs.
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There is a sticky glue board inside that traps the pests, too.
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What actually cuts through and grabs attention nowadays is humanity, clarity and credibility in messaging.
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When Martinez throws something back, the woman rushes toward her, throws her to the ground, grabs her by the hair and repeatedly attacks her as bystanders try to step in and help.
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.
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The map accompanying Gallagher’s resolution corrals the state’s population centers — like the Bay Area, San Diego, Los Angeles and Sacramento — into one state.
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Armour hooks my arm, and the panic abates.
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Marketing experts say while more and more cash is flowing into the clip-ification of all things, those watching the content can view clips as cheap and disposable moments, not something that hooks someone on a show or internet personality.
Verb
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The hallmarks of the Navy Blue sound are present—barely-there snares keeping time in the distance, string samples melting into reflective puddles, overtones from resonant piano lines.
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Hair snares use tape and wire to collect DNA and other data by collecting a sample of wild animal hair when creatures pass by, according to Popular Science.
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“Lassos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lassos. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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