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[ram] / ræm /


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That’s where she came across the dead bighorn ram.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, the black ram called Sebastian in the movie is based on Swann’s version, named Othello.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

So family members can ram a deal through, and force the bill for a misguided move onto outside investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

The finding supports stories from 19th-century sailors who reported whales using their heads to ram and push objects, sometimes even sinking ships.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026

Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Officers used battering rams to force entry to several properties as parents walked past with their children on the school run.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

That also explains why, and how, his devoted rams, lambs and ewes are able to dedicate themselves to solving his murder.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

"We don't have the means to pay for her studies," she explained from their home's back courtyard, where young children capered about and two rams watched from an enclosure.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

At the opposite extreme is Scotland's Soay sheep, with just 0.6% full siblings because each ewe mates with multiple rams.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026

Bison can run for hours at thirty miles per hour and use their massive, horned skulls like battering rams.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Instead of being at the site where Al-Qaeda hijackers rammed planes into the World Trade Center towers, Trump will pay his respects on Friday at the Pentagon in Washington.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

A car was rammed into the bay window, exposing the room inside.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“They said I, quote unquote, rammed federal agents,” she said at a congressional hearing in February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Murillo claimed he was rammed; prosecutors said the collision happened at less than 10 miles per hour and was “more of a jolt.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

She rammed the door with her shoulder, again hurting herself instead of the door.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

A muscular coast guard presses China’s claims, at times by blasting rival vessels with water cannons or ramming them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

On the morning of the crash, Cleveland Police said it received several reports of two vehicles being driven dangerously around the town and a Volvo XC60 had been seen ramming properties.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

She really did her part authentically, never by ramming it down anyone’s throat, but just by simply just being herself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Researchers say ramming has not previously been documented as an orca predation strategy.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

She had forced the door to the room open by ramming her big butt into it.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore


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