rear
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Amid a public outcry, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko acknowledged the case has "sparked a broader discussion about the behaviour of certain service members in the rear."
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
As it backed into a gate at the rear of the empty museum, the truck was greeted by a handful of staff and a small media contingent including AFP journalists.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Projected on the rear wall were entries dubbed an Atlas of Extinctions, starting with Trilobites and moving from species through peoples, languages, religions, art works, and institutions in modern Gaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The parked car sustained “major rear damage,” and its front tire was “forced onto the curb.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
“The sleeping car is the very last. The rear door will remain unlocked, as I am awaiting the arrival of my poor, sick brother who cannot walk without aid.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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But for the most part, Ferraiolo says, young people have a fear of missing out—a phenomenon that rears its head every time an investment soars, as seen in recent years with cryptocurrency and meme stocks.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
The thing is, it always rears its ugly side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Real life, in short, rears its ugly head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
It’s a solution to a problem that does not exist in traditional banking but that sometimes rears its head in crypto.
From Slate ● May 21, 2025
The Grootslang rears back, but the crew finally gets the ship’s cannons to turn on.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Swift boxes were placed on the tower of the David Attenborough Building in the city in 2020 and the first pair nested and reared two chicks in 2021.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Patel’s instinct to use force to fix his reputation reared its head again with the girlfriend scandal.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
For now, February’s retail figures stand as a snapshot of an economy that was briefly gathering strength, before war reared its head.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
But then love and marriage reared its head and Burden’s story took a dark turn, which she chronicles with a keen forensic eye in her buzzy new memoir, “Strangers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
Yedsha pulled Anya back as the horse reared, tearing Sigurd off balance.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Now those fears seem to be rearing their head once more.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Scientific studies have shown that as fathers have taken a more active role in child rearing, they’ve faced loneliness, doubt and confusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
“At least, I hope they take the horse off that car,” he said, referring to the Ferrari logo of a rearing stallion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
From producing silkworm eggs to supplying larvae and rearing cocoons, Asho Farms has integrated the latest technology.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Werner climbs into the Opel, feeling as if the buildings are rearing around him, growing taller and warping.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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