rope (in)

Definition of rope (in)next

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Verb
  • Egypt beat Australia on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Dallas.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Cape Verde advanced after recording a draw in all three group games, while Argentina (ranked second by FIFA) won all three of its matches, with Messi playing a starring role.
    Mark Hodge, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Since Mary Grace’s death, her parents have poured their energy into persuading lawmakers to make camps safer by banning cabins in active flood plains, mandating 24-7 weather monitoring and requiring rigorous annual evacuation training.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Marketing and communications professionals rely on language to inform, persuade and connect with audiences.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • There are songs for each segment, which include Goofy cleaning up, a dark turn with Daisy in a power outage and snowed-in Pluto.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Next, the instructor tries luring the child back into the pool with a sparkly pink rubber duck, which does the trick.
    Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • If the Lakers had only presented an offer sheet to the Jazz to lure Kessler away instead of working on a trade, Utah would have had until July 7 to match the offer.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • That book is a revenge fantasy about the former art school professor who seduced her, discarded her and destroyed her confidence as a painter.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
  • The writer thinks that the person seducing the main character is just some flotsam, hardly worth a second look.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
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“Rope (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rope%20%28in%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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