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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lassoed
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Young grabbed onto Elijah’s hair to try to hang onto the moment.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026 -
Becerra blunder The first ad that grabbed my attention was a quick-turn by San José Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Matt Mahan (still stuck in single-digit polling numbers), who jumped on Xavier Becerra’s first major mess-up.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The film has generated the kind of heat that has been missing elsewhere in the Marché this week, and a deal for domestic rights is all but certain (there are rumors A24 has already snatched it up).—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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The vehicles were snatched for being unregistered, uninsured, or having fake or altered license plates, according to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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No candidate has polled higher than 20-some percent — a testament to how many are in the running, but also an indication that none of them has truly captured the zeitgeist of today’s California.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Any natural satellites of Psyche could’ve been ejected from the body by ancient impacts—or might’ve even been captured from deep space by chance encounters as the asteroid drifted through the solar system.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Telemundo snared those rights away from Univision in 2023.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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But how to avoid being snared will depend on who did the chiding.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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At least one person was trapped because of the crash, according to Chester County dispatch.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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While being aggressively swarmed by Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid, Wembanyama corralled the ball and threw an elbow right into Reid’s throat.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Isbel quickly corralled the baseball before firing to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2026
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The gallery snagged some incredible hard-to-pry loans from the 1960s to the 1990s.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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But Walmart snagged first place more than any other chain, earning the top award 11 times for the best superstore across every region, conventional supermarket in the South, grocery store for store brand products, and supermarket for quick and easy shopping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
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Those outlooks have grappled with a confounding mixture of warm ocean temperatures (which can feed hurricane activity) and a brewing El Niño (which can suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic).—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Eastern Congo long has grappled with a humanitarian crisis and the threat of armed groups that have killed dozens and displaced thousands in Ituri in the past year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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“Lassoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lassoed. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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