rear
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From miles away, a commander in the rear tracking the assault can view the exact same battlefield map with real-time location data as the troops in the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Outside, the more than 1-acre property offers plenty of space and privacy, with no rear neighbors to interrupt its secluded feel.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
After a first-tier tribunal ruled in Ball's favour on 27 August, she said the council was "a law unto themselves" after two new concrete blocks were laid at the rear of her home.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
This will likely involve opening the entrance to the car park so that Ball, of George Road in Matlock, can drive and walk to the rear of her garden.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
She opened the rear door and I got in.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Like most sheep farmers, Williams primarily rears them for meat and breeding rather than for their wool, but it still has to be taken care of.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
But for the most part, Ferraiolo says, young people have a fear of missing out—a phenomenon that rears its head every time an investment soars, as seen in recent years with cryptocurrency and meme stocks.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
The thing is, it always rears its ugly side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Real life, in short, rears its ugly head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
Aaron rears up in them, huge and terrifying.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
When her anxiety reared up, Biles was ready.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Insect larvae reared at higher temperatures will develop faster and reach pupation at a smaller size.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Medicare issue has also reared its head in recent times.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
He even managed to send two of his four children to university with the help of government grants by selling livestock he reared by himself.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Jam frowned, confused, but Pet reared its head back, light reflecting off the gold.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
“Like in child rearing, one ‘talking-to’ might not be enough,” he said, referring to last week’s rate hike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the warm, dry spring a glut of glorious foundresses – new queens – emerged from hibernation to start their nests alone, carrying out all the nest building, egg laying, foraging and brood rearing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
John does all that too, on top of his parents blasting all fear out of him while rearing him to expect the universe to be unforgiving.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Now those fears seem to be rearing their head once more.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
As a humped convolvulus rearing its dragon’s head from an icy lake.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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