ROPED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

roped

verb

past tense of rope

as in strapped

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Europe bets on unseasonable warmth Peter Taylor, head of commodity desk strategy at Macquarie, said Europe is essentially betting on a warm winter, a stance tied to the El Niño climate event.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Organizers tied the showcase to the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan, and said it is meant to deepen links between the two cities.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

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Milwaukee players bounded out of the dugout to greet Pratt, who debuted in June and became the first rookie to hit an extra-inning homer in the World Series.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The ball bounded high over Bauers and onto the grass in short right field.

— Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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The deep-space image reveals a 230-light-year-wide swathe of the glowing emission nebula N159, threaded with denser filaments of reddish molecular hydrogen that hide countless energetic young stars.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Elements of Cubism and Japanese modern art sensibilities were threaded throughout the movement, owing to a thriving cultural exchange between India, Japan, and Europe.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of threaded

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Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.

— Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
For the last 15 or so years, celebrities have been, in general, more trussed up, as red carpets have become a heightened economic prospective for stars and designers alike.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of trussed

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These libraries are much wider than the book versions, their contents taped together or rubber-banded so the pieces don’t get lost.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
People are also poking fun at the fact that Kaydee is banded, which looks like the eagle version of an ankle monitor.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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