ribs

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FOSTER’S RIBS: The 49ers were hoping for a boost defensively with the return of rookie linebacker Reuben Foster, who had been out since the opener with a sprained ankle.

From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2017

There are fewer RIBS, for instance, because video feeds are now better compressed.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2012

Some of the equipment, like the shock-mounted platforms for servers called RIBS, short for racks in a box, has been around since the games in Sydney.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2012

RIBS, number and characters of, in fowls. -characters of, in ducks.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

THE RIBS, also twenty-four in number, are arranged in pairs on each side of the chest.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman