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The trove of fossils found during the museum’s expansion gets a fitting tribute in a 75,000 square-meter swath of concrete on the plaza scored with ropelike patterns, paw prints and serpent-like shapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

As the lights slowly rise, that something turns out to be a man whirling a ropelike tube over his head like a lasso, a tube that makes a sound like singing.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Her distinctive hairstyle — somewhere in the vicinity of braids, dreadlocks or the ropelike mop of a rag doll — is currently a platinum bob with streaks of taxicab yellow.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2015

Means of transport: His own nifty ability to shoot ropelike webs from his webshooters, which allow him to swing through the air, covering much ground.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2012

The others couldn’t see it in the way I did but recognized its shadow projected on the wall and that of its ropelike tongues.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs