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They wondered mildly why red-faced policemen were roping off the street for two blocks each way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even as he was listening, a row broke out in the round corral, where the cowboys were roping their mounts.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane

All the fellows rushed out and followed the engine to the place where the police were roping off the fire line.

From A Boy Knight by Scott, Martin Jerome

For instance, we boys were roping and riding horses one Sunday in our horse lot.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

But on this particular day we were roping and riding and, in general, scaring the horses, and some of the time the horses were scaring us.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar