Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roped (in)
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Talking to Republican leaders on the Hill, they were quite persuaded by the intelligence on weapons development that the White House presented them earlier in the last few days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026 -
Trump also persuaded three Arab countries to establish commercial and diplomatic ties with Israel.—
Linley Sanders,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Representatives Grant, Aragona, Wooden, Meerman, Neeley, and Fairbairn… and Senators Irwin and Cavanagh have led on housing.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Right in Kansas City, Platform Ventures has led on building out massive industrial and warehouse-type buildings on what was once the Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, making use of vacant land while aiming to bring new business and new jobs to the southernmost parts of the city.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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Opening day at County Stadium was snowed out, after Milwaukee was hit with more than 13 inches of snow.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Don't let the lawn get so long that you're tempted to hack off several inches of grass and damage your turf.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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You may be tempted to start a tiny business doing inspections in your neighborhood or town.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Consistently adversarial to power; never seduced into the club; consistently going after the highest powers (the president, for instance) over and over.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Pine seduced Roper away from Corky [Roper’s fixer, played by Tom Hollander, who was killed off in season one].—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Roped (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roped%20%28in%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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