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[rib] / rɪb /


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"Scotty's rib contains a vast network of mineralized blood vessels that has never before been observed in a fossil."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Tatiana, the Afro-Caribbean restaurant at New York’s Lincoln Center, is one of the toughest reservations in the city, thanks in part to dishes like tender Wagyu short rib and head-on shrimp drenched in Creole butter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Taylor was dealing with a rib injury, and a Chargers doctor attempted to give him a pain-killing injection before the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

His short rib pastrami suya at New York’s Tatiana has become one of the restaurant’s signature dishes.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Got my food, which today was short rib, which was delicious and a little weird because I couldn't help but think about what animal has a rib this short.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

The “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” singer has experienced broken ribs because of the spasms, she told Hoda Kotb on “Today” in 2024 while promoting the documentary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“She developed pleural effusion — fluid between the lungs and ribs — compressing her lungs and making it hard for her to breathe.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The fossil became even more unusual when researchers examined a dark area preserved between its ribs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Hochman on Wednesday said that before the chidken sandwich’s launch in April, the chain — known for things like ribs and fajitas — had been selling 20 chicken sandwiches per restaurant per day.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Just seeing Sandy so spooked gets my heart going, pounding against my ribs so hard it vibrates all over my skin.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Ediacaran organisms came in many unfamiliar forms, including flat discs, leafy shapes, and ribbed ovals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

Don Cheadle later ribbed Clooney on stage when the duo presented an award, saying Chalamet “was 3 the last time you won.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

I hung out with two Republican guys in suits who live in Brussels; they merrily ribbed each other and spoke about the importance of freedom to the American spirit.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2025

They didn’t look rumpled, the black ribbed socks, but he thought they would look even better straightened.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

On Wednesday, the usual bad-tempered jibes and angry exchanges witnessed in the political theatre of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions, were replaced by gentle ribbing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

When Paul pressed him again about his lack of apology, lack of contrition, and inability to even say he “misspoke,” while ribbing him about his “low impulse control” and presentation of “machismo,” Mullin didn’t waver.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

“We wanted the ribbing to be perfect. We did so many different variations of it with the text and the size and getting it perfect.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

Only the reinforced ribbing in her suit prevented Holly’s leg bones from shattering.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer


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