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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!
—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
Noun
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
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?—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
14 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Victoria Herman,
Air Mail,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Roaring and grunting, his body sleek with blood and sweat, Conan tussles and grapples with a series of opponents, dominating them all, while an audience of torch-wielding vulgarians shouts and howls at the pit’s lip.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Second, the report grapples seriously with agentic AI — autonomous systems capable of planning, reasoning, and executing multi-step tasks without continuous human direction.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Verb
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That deal nets the league roughly $7 billion annually and represents the most expensive domestic sports rights package in basketball history.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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The Natural profile is the default for both SDR and HDR and nets good-looking colors with strong detail and smooth motion.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
Verb
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There is a sticky glue board inside that traps the pests, too.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Microfiber actually traps it, thanks to a static charge that pulls particles in and holds onto them.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The design is what grabs your attention at first sight.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 12,
New Atlas,
12 June 2026
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The goal is to have a welcoming environment that grabs visitors' attention.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
Verb
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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.—
Lauren Chapman,
Sacbee.com,
26 May 2026
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That’s because the design of the shop corrals visitors through a specific pathway.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Armour hooks my arm, and the panic abates.—
Adam Erace,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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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.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
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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.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lassos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lassos. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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