ram
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That’s where she came across the dead bighorn ram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Astronomers have already found evidence that ram pressure stripping is affecting M88 today.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, the black ram called Sebastian in the movie is based on Swann’s version, named Othello.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
So family members can ram a deal through, and force the bill for a misguided move onto outside investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
This house, a large, ram bling gray stucco with a picket fence surrounding the weedy grounds, stood away from the street, perched on a ledge that dropped fifty feet down into the river below.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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That also explains why, and how, his devoted rams, lambs and ewes are able to dedicate themselves to solving his murder.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
"We don't have the means to pay for her studies," she explained from their home's back courtyard, where young children capered about and two rams watched from an enclosure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
At the opposite extreme is Scotland's Soay sheep, with just 0.6% full siblings because each ewe mates with multiple rams.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
Once locked on its target, it rams it with minimal human intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
The most aggressive rams, those that showed the greatest resistance to human control, were slaughtered first.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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“They said I, quote unquote, rammed federal agents,” she said at a congressional hearing in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Just after her car had been repaired, it was rammed again in the middle of the night, and had to be written off.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Murillo claimed he was rammed; prosecutors said the collision happened at less than 10 miles per hour and was “more of a jolt.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
The only visible law enforcement presence is a police car rammed across the driveway, signaling the limits of encroachment, like an invisible wall in a video game.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The door didn’t open fast enough; he rammed his shoulder against the metal door so he could scramble out of the closet and across the principal’s office to get to Josie as quickly as possible.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Mat Swanigan, 37, designed a custom lock for a set of french doors his dog kept ramming into.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It followed the same sequence of holding, releasing, ramming, and feeding.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
A late catch by Pages helped close out the game after he gloved a ball despite ramming into the padding of the center field wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The vehicle ramming rattled local members of the community, Stern said.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
“I slammed on my brakes and just barely missed ramming him.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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