rib
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Flintoff suffered serious facial and rib injuries when the open-topped three-wheeled Morgan Super 3 he was driving rolled over.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
We tend to think of ambitious centerpiece proteins as the terrain of cold-weather holidays: the Thanksgiving turkey, the glazed ham or the New Year’s Eve prime rib.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
I lift the can to uncover a slow-braised short rib and mashed potatoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
But three months after proposing to his girlfriend, he discovered that not only did he want one, he needed mini Yorkshire puddings with prime rib and horseradish cream at the event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Had to let the thought of my dad splash around my stomach with whatever a short rib was, while my regular-size ribs felt like they were being bent.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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This work revealed the skull had bite marks, and previously broken ribs that had healed in its lifetime.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then he felt a kick to the ribs and heard his father, a military veteran, saying, “Are you OK? Are you OK? Get up, get up—people are hurt.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Afterward, they headed to any number of legendary barbecue outposts for brisket and ribs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Arthur Bryant’s has my favorite ribs, and when you order, they bring out a whole loaf of Wonder Bread, which is still very novel and exciting to me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The woman held it up, feeling the ribs of it, running one finger over the pattern.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
Even just a glossy pad of butter melting into something green and ribbed and tender.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
She moves quickly from caves to cathedrals and their architecture, including King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, with its soaring 16th-century ceiling—the world’s largest fan vault, ribbed in interlocking patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
His uncles ribbed him — “They’d tell me, ‘Now you know what el Norte is, so you know how to win money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
The sands were all ribbed, like the roof of your mouth.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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On Wednesday, the usual bad-tempered jibes and angry exchanges witnessed in the political theatre of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions, were replaced by gentle ribbing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
When the two heads of government met at a summit in Egypt last October, Trump was chummy, playfully ribbing the tall Spanish leader about which of them would prevail on defense spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
It worked, with Boston.com reporting that Leo gave the couple a good-natured ribbing once he found out where they are from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
Her father sat next to Prince Con, who suffered the good-natured ribbing of Kaede’s three brothers for cutting off his hair.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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