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Example sentences for: ropes

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(Capitol Hill security is treating the press with all the respect we have come to expect: We are penned behind Tensators, and anyone who dares step past the guide ropes is yelled at, then moved back by Capitol police officers.
Burton, on the ropes after a particularly tough Tony Snow ( Fox News Sunday ) question, retreats with the most transparent wiggle of the weekend.
The Times , which must be apoplectic that Gore is on the ropes, will do everything in its power, from pictures to captions to editorials, to stop Bush.
But ropes are a major cause of death and injury in boxing: Fighters hyperextend their necks when they are punched against the ropes, because nothing stops their heads from snapping back.
I agree with you, by the way, in feeling fed up to here with movies about men being on the ropes.