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Pound for theatrical pound, she pushes Mescal’s Stanley to the ropes, an apt metaphor for a production that takes place on a raised platform resembling a boxing ring.

In boxing parlance, Scotland were stuck on the ropes, almost defenceless, eyes rolling in the back of their head as Wales unloaded.

Jonas was backed on to the ropes in the second, felt the power of a counter left, then stumbled when caught by a right.

After alerting the police and her family to the mysterious death, Shula is roped into the local mourning traditions.

Entanglements can involve creel fishing gear or ghost gear - rope and nets that have been lost or abandoned by fishing boats.