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neck

[nek] / nɛk /
NOUN
narrow connector
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Neck guards have been mandatory in the Elite League, in which the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers compete, since 1 January 2024.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The neck has long been a “dead giveaway” of one’s age, Nora Ephron wrote in her collection of essays, “I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But that was the ninth take of the song, and it’s incredibly different from what was on the Colts Neck demo tape.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

Holed up at a rental home in Colts Neck, N.J., in late 1981, Bruce has just finished a tour and is trying to readjust to the quiet, which is just too loud.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Neck, back, legs, fingers, popping and snapping, reminding me of why I should never fell asleep on the couch.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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