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ropes

  • plural of rope.
  • present tense form of rope (3rd person singular).

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“Across industries, there either is or should be some level of fear for companies and for individual employees,” said Gretchen Greene, the chief of artificial intelligence at law firm Ropes & Gray.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

“For importers who have paid billions of dollars in duties flowing from IEEPA-related tariffs, the decision represents an opportunity to pursue potentially significant refunds,” Ropes & Gray LLP wrote.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Ropes and straps are measured precisely into place.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

The equal protection clause doesn’t apply to private employers, Doug Brayley, a labor law specialist at Ropes & Gray, told DealBook.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Ropes appeared as if conjured, thick ropes used for tying ships to the docks.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson