Usage examples for lariat
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The next fling of the lariat caused the cougar angrily to shake her head. – The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey
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He then slipped bits of his lariat over their wrists and ankles, tying wrists to ankles and each man to his neighbor. – Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Bar-20 by Clarence Edward Mulford
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Perhaps the lariat would not be long enough. – The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine by Ross Kay