neck
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“I’m mindful of my capabilities and I’m still, from the neck up, pretty good,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz, who’s had three blown saves in six appearances since returning to action last month, has been placed on the injured list with neck inflammation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The other Phase 3 volrustomig trials will continue as planned in cervical cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and mesothelioma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
At about six months old, her parents began noticing "physical delays" including a decrease in her neck strength and her feeding deteriorating.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
I could feel my heart pounding in my neck as I listened to the last of their voices and their laughter drifting away outside.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Even within the tenuous reality of the movie, Frankie and Molly aren’t focused on saving their own necks, especially after their clairvoyant powers kick in and the friends realize they can communicate with closed mouths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fans craned their necks for any views they could get from the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
They held paper hearts aloft during Fine Line, and painted red lips on their necks, in reference to the star's latest album: Kiss All The Time.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Long necks, enormous bodies, tiny heads, and sweeping tails have made sauropods some of the most recognizable dinosaurs ever discovered.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
A bunch of people from the neighboring trailers gathered around, craning their necks to see what George Finkle looked like in person.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
By comparison, only one out of 55 eastern ribbon snakes and three out of 36 ring necked snakes tested positive.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
Long necked animals, such as giraffes, need to pump blood upward from the heart against gravity.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Mike McNerney of Carbondale, Illinois, an authority on necked discoids, believes they are a corruption of the classic Celtic cross, with the ends of the cross being dropped from the design.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2015
I've just necked my ham rolls and apple.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2010
The one who remained was in his seventies, but tall and bull necked and powerful.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
After widespread volcanic activity about 4 million years ago, the onset of necking caused the land in the rift to sink.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
I reread The Plague last week, in between necking paracetamol and arguing on Twitter.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2020
Instead of dancing and necking and maybe even performing for the hippies in Haight-Ashbury, Elvis Presley had spent an endless seven years in Southern California, forsaking his music career for one on the silver screen.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2018
Basically middle-aged music nerds in plastic glasses necking $8 beers, with a few kids to spike the energy and enthusiasm.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2017
Who wouldn’t be appalled to find her brother and his girlfriend necking in her brand-new house, in the prize bathroom of all places?
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
