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- verb Present participle of
lasso . - noun The act of catching something with a lasso.
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Examples
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At the second effort Tish succeeded in lassoing him without difficulty.
Tish 1916
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He is then allowed to arise and is started around the ring at a merry gallop, while the second lazadore exhibits great skill in lassoing the feet, front and back, of the running beast.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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Below the jump: Spiderman lassoing a surly Wolverine with Christmas lights, and two shots of Santa packing heat.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2009 » January 2009
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Now Perry is pouncing on Romney with the brio of a rodeo cowboy lassoing a bull.
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He guided the skiff toward the dock, nosing it in, then lassoing the piling next to us.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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Below the jump: Spiderman lassoing a surly Wolverine with Christmas lights, and two shots of Santa packing heat.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Site Plug: Once Upon A Geek 2009
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Or what about the time I escaped a Great White in Cape Town by lassoing its dorsal fin and riding all the way to the Maldives—where I opened a floating, three-star Michelin bistro with Angelina Jolie and Eckhart Tolle.
No Fighting Chance for Baseball Jason Gay 2011
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(On a more positive note, the actor has successfully brushed up his lassoing skills for a segment in which Eddie practices roping a chair.)
'Fool for Love': A tattered affair at Keegan Celia Wren 2010
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There's also line-tossing, where deckhands are timed lassoing a bollard on a pier from an approaching tug.
A Harbor's Ugly Ducklings Can't Resist the Tug of Speed Daniel Michaels 2011
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Below the jump: Spiderman lassoing a surly Wolverine with Christmas lights, and two shots of Santa packing heat.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2009 » January » 07 2009
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