collar
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With these blue collar parents’ grade-school-age son a tangibly quiet presence, a seemingly impassable unhappiness oozes from the opening scenes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Wearing a royal blue jumper with a red collar, the musician then urged fans to keep an eye out for and support each other.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
In the best performances, rare though they may be, this music grabs listeners by the collar and never lets them go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Black moptop over a face lined like a well-traveled map, and a jacket with the collar turned up against the perennial winter of cinematic 1970s New York City.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It’s...not my birthday, is it?” said Boaz, yanking up the collar of his sweatshirt and hoping Aunt Hila didn’t notice the motion.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Hikers and urban walkers are wearing them on socks and jacket collars; parents are tacking them onto kids’ hats and backpacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
That year the first radio collars were put on bobcats and coyotes in Liberty Canyon, where the crossing is located.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
He’s open to clients using equipment such as prong collars for larger, more aggressive dogs where appropriate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
These characters, representing mythical beings, are ornamented with fine drapery, ruff collars and jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The cows wore electronic collars that kept track of their health automatically.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Wearing a clerical collared shirt, Boateng moves through rows of buses loading passengers before boarding one bound for Kumasi, Ghana's second-largest city.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
This is my way of telling you I forgot to wear a collared shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Big stock owners are hedging with collared positions—selling upside calls to buy downside puts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
But if you run on the colder side, she also features flaring long-sleeve jerseys that range between off the shoulder and a collared neckline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
They wore collared white shirts, too, the kind Grandma calls “blouses.”
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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To do so safely, Blair suggested collaring and keeping cats close on a well-fitted harness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Their small, fuzzy bodies made collaring them difficult, too.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 25, 2024
Fortunately, another research team was carrying out a collaring project to track matriarch elephants.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 21, 2021
The UK-based non-profit organisation, Fauna & Flora International, has been involved in efforts to protect the Ustyurt population by establishing a new anti-poaching ranger team and using satellite collaring to monitor saiga movements.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2021
The muck seemed to climb me, rising up my arms, my chest, collaring my throat like a noose.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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