the ropes
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Having achieved their goal, Muñiz-Ochoa, Atkinson and two other climbers who followed them slid down the ropes to solid ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The villagers are shouting as they haul on the ropes to pull the net in from the sea.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
But it might be debt, not equity, that has SpaceX on the ropes on Monday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
The group could hear the hissing of the wind and the creaking of the ropes running down from the mast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
As a necessary precaution, members of Kontos’s crew stood by the ship with axes ready to cut the ropes if the Mykali started to be dragged down.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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