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Recent Examples of lasso
Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
In the United States, they’re most commonly found in the West, wearing wide-brimmed hats, leather boots, chaps and carrying a lasso or two.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
People in the gallery — including you — get visually lassoed by the rings, almost as if being perceptually tethered against the buoyant possibility of floating away.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Read: America’s new vision of astronauts In pictures of the first American spacewalk, from 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White looks like the epitome of a space cowboy, hovering unsupported over Earth, the tether attaching him like a lasso to the Gemini capsule floating in front of him.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
In the United States, they’re most commonly found in the West, wearing wide-brimmed hats, leather boots, chaps and carrying a lasso or two.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Verb
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Bane, the super-steroid injecting antagonist who was previously seen in the 2012 Christopher Nolan movie The Dark Knight Rises, and Deathstroke, another popular arch-nemesis in the comic book company’s fold, are being lassoed together and for a movie.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
People in the gallery — including you — get visually lassoed by the rings, almost as if being perceptually tethered against the buoyant possibility of floating away.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasso
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The celebration just kept amping up, with a cowboy pulling off impressive moves with his lariat and a dancer doing a back round-off as the song came to a close, and Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena crowd couldn’t help but raise their glasses to one of the genre’s rising superstars.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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That distinct Central California DNA persists in the resort’s decor today, with horseshoes and lariats on the walls and local flora in the bungalow-style rooms.Brett Evans, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
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For proof, check out Red Eye, a nail-biting masterpiece about a hotel manager (Rachel McAdams) and the terrorist (Cillian Murphy) who ropes her into his deadly plans in the middle of a quiet night flight.Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Teams are also preparing for reactive scenarios — such as how to respond if they get roped into a culture war, used as a political football or singled out in an X post.Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
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Following launch, the space station’s Canadarm2 will grapple Cygnus no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 1, and the spacecraft will attach to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading by the Expedition 70 crew.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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India is grappling with inflation that breached the RBI's 6% upper tolerance limit in October, reaching 6.21%, although its has since moderated.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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The plan is to use public transit, as well as some 3000 buses corralled from all over the country.Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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His 50 cows graze in the conservancy during the day, then are corralled at night.Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Dec. 2024
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Fans eager to play the game as Ice Spice can grab her Fortnite skins in the Item Shop.Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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So grab your favorite streaming device, line up some snacks, and let the enchantment unfold.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The forecast for Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday calls for a high of 24 degrees, giving Cronin a chance to use the ski mask and gloves his brother, Dan, bought him for Christmas.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Red-cheeked kids with runny noses held up hands to be gloved, and ski bros dropped tailgates to facilitate the intake of coffee with the task of buckling boots.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Lasso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lasso. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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