roped (in)

past tense of rope (in)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roped (in)
Verb
  • Stuart Evey, who oversaw who oversaw Getty Oil’s investments outside its core oil business, persuaded the company's board to invest $10 million for an 85% stake.
    Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Last summer, Curtis persuaded them to join Citizen Historians, a grassroots effort to monitor Smithsonian exhibitions for political interference.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Morgan Stanley and Bank of America topped the list of athlete-heavy employers; Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase led on overall Ivy League hiring.
    Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On a night with smoke in the air from Canadian wildfires, New York led on an unearned run against Roki Sasaki in the fourth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • There are songs for each segment, which include Goofy cleaning up, a dark turn with Daisy in a power outage and snowed-in Pluto.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • The insulation from the ceiling snowed down onto virtually every part of the building — exhibits, artifacts, galleries and display cases.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Otherwise you'd be tempted to torch the house for the insurance money.
    Vito Emanuel, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Otherwise, you may be tempted to use the money for purposes other than advancing your financial goals.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Blowing Oleksa’s cover would mean publicly admitting that there are five senators on her asset list — one of whom was seduced into posing for some, uh, compromising photographs.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Nevertheless, don’t be seduced by someone else (or even yourself), because things are not clear today.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2026
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“Roped (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roped%20%28in%29. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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