rear
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In other dramatic scenes, protesters were seen holding on to one another as they were dragged to waiting buses -- only for them to later wriggle out from the driver's seat or the rear window.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
They placed fluorescent tracer molecules into a narrow space at the rear of the eye.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
With a cavitating roar, the CrossWave stood up on its tail, throwing Roz backward, her arms wrapped around my neck in a rear naked chokehold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Brakes alone cannot slow the cars fast enough, so parachutes are deployed from the car's rear at the finish.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
To make things worse, he squirmed his rear end around until his tail was hanging over the back of the spring seat.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Like most sheep farmers, Williams primarily rears them for meat and breeding rather than for their wool, but it still has to be taken care of.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
There may be a chasm separating Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s heels from the rears of his dress shoes, but guess what?
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2026
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
Still, the Brisbane speech, which rears its sombreroed head into any Google search of the author, marked a shift in the way Shriver engaged with the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
She rears back, knocks her head on the wall and screams, Where is she?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
When her anxiety reared up, Biles was ready.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Insect larvae reared at higher temperatures will develop faster and reach pupation at a smaller size.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Medicare issue has also reared its head in recent times.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
He even managed to send two of his four children to university with the help of government grants by selling livestock he reared by himself.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
He reared back suddenly and pounced in mock attack.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
“Like in child rearing, one ‘talking-to’ might not be enough,” he said, referring to last week’s rate hike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the warm, dry spring a glut of glorious foundresses – new queens – emerged from hibernation to start their nests alone, carrying out all the nest building, egg laying, foraging and brood rearing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
John does all that too, on top of his parents blasting all fear out of him while rearing him to expect the universe to be unforgiving.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
CJ7 and 022 had successfully bred at the nest site at Careys Secret Garden for three consecutive years, rearing three young in 2023, four in 2024 and a further four in 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
I can see Blade rearing back to throw, and the first one misses us.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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