lassoing

verb

present participle of lasso
as in roping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lassoing
  1. grabbing
  2. trapping
  3. snaring
  4. capturing
  5. snatching
  6. snagging
  7. corralling
  8. grappling
Verb
  • Two men bought tickets to enter Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) before smashing a display case, grabbing a 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace and walking away, police said Friday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In the commercial, Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark rushes over to his golf bag and pushes over golfer Alexis Miestowski to keep her from grabbing the Quantum Driver.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of grabbing
Verb
  • Beavers were nearly wiped out due to 300 years of trapping and trading.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Henri Bezy, 82, was sleeping inside when Matis came crashing in, trapping him under the car.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of trapping
Verb
  • First baseman Michael Busch finished the play by reaching out and snaring Hoerner’s dazzling throw to complete the highlight and nab the speedy Salazar for the out.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • Pickens was even more dominant, snaring nine balls for 144 yards and a score.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
Definition of snaring
Verb
  • Researchers trained the system on flat-ground walking data from Medauroidea extradentata, capturing movements across 18 leg joints.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Anedda’s way of capturing different moments from different linguistic or interpretive points of view allows the everyday elements of our lives to find space in poetry, democratically.
    — Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of capturing
Verb
  • Wealthy Americans living in luxe California mansions and New York penthouses are now snatching up historic homes abroad.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Lately Becker has been snatching up vintage Lalique pieces that, in this setting, have the frosty haze of sea glass.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of snatching
Verb
  • This is considered the J Batt Bowl, with the Wildcats snagging the Spartans’ athletic director this summer, and thus should be played in his hometown.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The nuptials took place at Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Studios outside Bath, Gloucestershire, with Sabrina Carpenter and Jack Antonoff also snagging invitations.
    — Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of snagging
Verb
  • They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • These skilled hunters stalk their prey in a variety of ways, from hydroplaning onto the sand to grab seals to corralling fish into big bait balls for a snack.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of corralling
Verb
  • The documents land as the US itself is grappling with slipping vaccination rates and unbridled measles outbreaks, which have killed two people, including a newborn, this year.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Virtually every large business is grappling with surging AI token costs.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of grappling
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“Lassoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lassoing. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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