ram
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That’s where she came across the dead bighorn ram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 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
The finding supports stories from 19th-century sailors who reported whales using their heads to ram and push objects, sometimes even sinking ships.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Officers used battering rams to force entry to several properties as parents walked past with their children on the school run.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
Bison can run for hours at thirty miles per hour and use their massive, horned skulls like battering rams.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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
A car was rammed into the bay window, exposing the room inside.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“They said I, quote unquote, rammed federal agents,” she said at a congressional hearing in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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
She rammed the door with her shoulder, again hurting herself instead of the door.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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A muscular coast guard presses China’s claims, at times by blasting rival vessels with water cannons or ramming them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
On the morning of the crash, Cleveland Police said it received several reports of two vehicles being driven dangerously around the town and a Volvo XC60 had been seen ramming properties.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
She really did her part authentically, never by ramming it down anyone’s throat, but just by simply just being herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Researchers say ramming has not previously been documented as an orca predation strategy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
She had forced the door to the room open by ramming her big butt into it.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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