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Recent Examples of lasso
Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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
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
Icy material escapes from the moon into space until it’s recaptured in Saturn’s sweeping lasso.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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
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
Noun
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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
Verb
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When Michael is roped into a nefarious plot to enact a fake murder, he is drawn ever closer to danger.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
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That song became a highlight of the group’s shows, during which Hudson reliable performed an extended, improvised solo that roped in bits of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor on its way to stops at classical, jazz and soul.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The meeting came as lawmakers work to move Trump’s agenda through reconciliation on an ambitious timeline as Republicans grapple with an ultraslim majority in the House.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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But those plans never came to fruition as the station grappled with the high costs of moving downtown.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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McDaniel, days removed from her best game of the season against Wisconsin, guard corralled a loose ball on defense then darted for the hoop but landed awkwardly after a missed layup on the final play of the opening frame.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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But like so many of us who have been corralled by our bosses in the wake of remote work pushback and flimsy DEI pledges, their 9-to-5 iron grip is floundering.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In the hills of the Palisades, near the Temescal Ridge Trail, Alex Emerick, 34, his younger sister, Rainier, and their parents grabbed garden hoses at their home of 33 years.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The witness jumped in to assist and grab the knife, cutting himself in the process.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Fleury gloved Ovechkin down and the Wild took the first of two wins on the two-game Eastern swing.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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One exception is before surgery: Because antibacterial soaps are still the best at removing bacteria from the skin just below the surface, surgeons still have to scrub with germ-killing soap and water before gloving and gowning up for surgery.—
Keren Landman,
Vox,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Lasso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lasso. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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