as in to rope
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Recent Examples of strap
Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
And still others are new-school Mary Janes, replacing laces with adjustable straps.
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Aemilia Madden,
Glamour,
18 June 2026
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
Motorsports sanctioning bodies and manufacturers continually work to improve safety measures, to better protect competitors, spectators, track personnel and others every time racers strap on their helmets, buckle their safety belts, take to the track and compete.
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Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Meanwhile, the non-slip sole and back strap help keep your foot secure during extended walks.
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Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
And still others are new-school Mary Janes, replacing laces with adjustable straps.
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Aemilia Madden,
Glamour,
18 June 2026
Verb
One of the greatest Niners to ever strap on a gold helmet.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
Motorsports sanctioning bodies and manufacturers continually work to improve safety measures, to better protect competitors, spectators, track personnel and others every time racers strap on their helmets, buckle their safety belts, take to the track and compete.
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Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strap
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Meanwhile, Jayden stepped out in a pair of jeans with a leather belt and a white tank top.
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With only a week of freedom under his belt, Cribbs said Powell is declining interviews for now, reentering the world with some trepidation.
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Some of those startups started in the San Francisco Bay area, where AI dating apps are hosting parties, speed dating, coffee meet-ups and other in-person events to rope people into using their new service.
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There’s a big frontier out there to conquer, and Courseau is now enough of a cowboy to rope it, brand it, and ride it into the sunset.
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Audience understanding of the uniqueness of the EW&F multi-genre musical mosaic would have been enhanced by a few clinical breakdowns of studio multitrack tapes revealing the sonic and musicological complexities involved.
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Part of a Lauderhill neighborhood is blocked with crime scene tape as police conduct an investigation on Friday, June 26, 2026.
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The Colorado Avalanche entered the Western Conference final with an aura of near invincibility after leading the NHL wire to wire, and cruising through the first two rounds in just nine games.
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That hormones shape our moods and feelings, wire our brains and guide numerous, diverse processes throughout the body means that the practice of endocrinology is not based around any particular organ.
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Competing in his third World Cup, Kane had tied Lineker’s decades-old record last week with two goals in England’s 4-2 win over Croatia to open the 2026 tournament.
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Bravo, the diaspora director at the foreign ministry, told CNN that the Peruvian government’s hands are tied.
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In one of prettiest team goals of this tournament, Ayase Ueda skillfully found Ritsu Doan, who threaded it to Maeda.
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Her first retrospective opens this week at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College in upstate New York, where curator Candice Hopkins has brought together some 55 works, threading them together with contextual archival materials.
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“Strap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strap. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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