ram
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Beginning with tobacco, they refitted the dusty doctrine as a battering ram and swung it at guns, lead paint, opioids and oil companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"We are F1 drivers. We should not look like kids and clowns trying to ram into each other. That's not what F1 needs."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
As M88 approaches this gravitational giant, it will face an intense process known as ram pressure stripping.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
Internet access took a battering ram to information’s door, sending dizzying amounts of data our way overnight.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
“Level’s in!” he’s shouting as he moves on to ram Hammie’s door.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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 huge gargoyles were at least ten feet tall, with razor claws and horns like rams.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Instead of being at the site where Al-Qaeda hijackers rammed planes into the World Trade Center towers, Trump will pay his respects on Friday at the Pentagon in Washington.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
“There are serious fair trial and due process violations in these cases, and they are being rammed through the revolutionary courts and fast-tracked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Raducanu broke Jovic's serve in the fourth game with a blistering forehand and rammed home her advantage by holding serve with another rasping shot into the corner of the court.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
Then Sir Grummore rammed his head against the beech in which the Wart was sitting, and King Pellinore collided with a chestnut at the other side of the clearing.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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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
Researchers say ramming has not previously been documented as an orca predation strategy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
They’re ramming AI down our throat right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Excitement meanwhile grew in Seoul, with hotels long since booked out and thousands flying in from overseas, ramming home the immense popularity of a multi-award-winning act singing mostly in Korean.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Kolya had been assigned to the 586th after being wounded while ramming a German aircraft.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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