ropes (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of rope (in)
as in leads on

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  1. leads on
  2. persuades
  3. snows
  4. betrays
  5. lures
  6. seduces
  7. baits
  8. traps
Verb
  • Fable 5 leads on benchmarks and on testing by AI experts.
    — Paul Baier, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Egypt leads on the scoreboard, however, and is 45 minutes away from its first win ever at the World Cup.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of leads on
Verb
  • DeVoto persuades an editor at Houghton Mifflin to offer them a contract; when Houghton Mifflin eventually rejects the manuscript, DeVoto gets Knopf interested.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Your warmth persuades when details sparkle today.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Definition of persuades
Verb
  • This is fairly normal for March and April snows there, Hurley says.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Immaculate snows that fall over a table go on falling anecdotally forever.
    — Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of snows
Verb
  • And there's a saying in America, if someone betrays you, you've been sold down the river.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The anxiety that expanding representation will displace Lincoln or Washington betrays a curious fragility.
    — The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Definition of betrays
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  • Filming the sequence where Circe lures the soldiers to her cabin, drugs them and then transforms them into swine using her bare hands was a thrill.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • The tour started Tuesday in the western Pennsylvania town of Greensburg — once the hub of a thriving coal industry that now lures visitors from nearby Pittsburgh for highland recreation and a historic downtown.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of lures
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  • In the video, then-23-year-old Gugino plays a young woman who, after her rock star boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend, seduces an artist painting her portrait.
    — Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
  • With its winning trifecta of sandy beaches, boutique hotels, and unpretentious tavernas, the Greek island of Milos seduces couples, water lovers, and gastronomes alike.
    — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026
Definition of seduces
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  • Texas Rigs Big worms, wide-bodied creature baits — anything with substantial mass and water-moving appendages will suffice.
    — David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • Officials will continue to investigate the area for further evidence of poison bait, and also stressed the importance of the community's cooperation to discourage and prevent the use of poison baits against wildlife.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of baits
Verb
  • This heat dome traps the smoke from faraway wildfires close to the ground, resulting in hot, humid, hazy, and ultimately unpleasant conditions.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The heat dome — an atmospheric phenomenon that essentially traps hot air over a particular location — built in the West after the first heat wave of the summer began to bake the area last week.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of traps
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