collar
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Wearing a royal blue jumper with a red collar, the musician then urged fans to keep an eye out for and support each other.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
I adjusted my button-down collar in my hallway mirror, having agreed to meet Barry at Outback Steakhouse in La Habra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Black moptop over a face lined like a well-traveled map, and a jacket with the collar turned up against the perennial winter of cinematic 1970s New York City.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It’s really a white collar sport now,” said Los Angeles club coach Michael Dyer, who uses a sliding fee scale to keep less-affluent 12-year-olds on his team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
I had to hold onto his collar and squeeze him up tight to keep him from having a runaway.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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These characters, representing mythical beings, are ornamented with fine drapery, ruff collars and jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
At LupinePet, which makes dog collars and leashes using materials sourced from around the world, costs have risen because of tariffs and fuel surcharges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ben said training cows to wear the collars had opened up the possibility of using sheep and cows together to rewild new parts of Jersey.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Everyone was extremely friendly and on the fashion front, no popped collars in sight — only gym clothes and cool-looking fencing gear: mask, chest protector and underarm protector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Helmuth's classmates shift uncomfortably in their seats and tug at their neck collars, eager for dismissal.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Just a few months ago, the National Park Service caught a young collared male at the western end of the mountain range who had a kinked tail — a sign of inbreeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
This is my way of telling you I forgot to wear a collared shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
It said archaeological trenches dug near the route of the underground cable "contained the rim of an inverted pottery vessel whose fabric suggests a Bronze Age collared urn circa 1700-1500BC, typically associated with human burial".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Big stock owners are hedging with collared positions—selling upside calls to buy downside puts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
They wore collared white shirts, too, the kind Grandma calls “blouses.”
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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To do so safely, Blair suggested collaring and keeping cats close on a well-fitted harness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Their small, fuzzy bodies made collaring them difficult, too.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 25, 2024
Constituents also came to him during off-hours, collaring him when he was shopping.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
The UK-based non-profit organisation, Fauna & Flora International, has been involved in efforts to protect the Ustyurt population by establishing a new anti-poaching ranger team and using satellite collaring to monitor saiga movements.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2021
The muck seemed to climb me, rising up my arms, my chest, collaring my throat like a noose.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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