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collar

[kol-er] / ˈkɒl ər /




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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

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

This includes Callin, who has had two major crashes, suffering a concussion and a bruised collar bone, but no lasting injuries.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

Purple-faced Mr. Cranston on his feet, half strangled by his collar, miserable in his spanking new tailcoat with the too-long sleeves.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

During wedding ceremonies, women get wide metal collars clamped around their necks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

However, other wild dogs tracked with GPS collars in the study died in illegal snares, underlining the dangers they face.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The project uses about 150 collars as part of its management of 600 sheep in Jersey.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Everyone was extremely friendly and on the fashion front, no popped collars in sight — only gym clothes and cool-looking fencing gear: mask, chest protector and underarm protector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The band of reporters reassembled at the front gate, and I watched the attractive newscasters flipping their hair and fastening microphones to their collars, using the backdrop of the Dakota for their on-air reports.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

Some members of the Whaleback pack are collared, providing a good starting point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

This is my way of telling you I forgot to wear a collared shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

It said archaeological trenches dug near the route of the underground cable "contained the rim of an inverted pottery vessel whose fabric suggests a Bronze Age collared urn circa 1700-1500BC, typically associated with human burial".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Big stock owners are hedging with collared positions—selling upside calls to buy downside puts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

She held up one of my collared Roland Park shirts.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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

In fact, if the python invasion were more advanced, the collaring project wouldn’t have been possible because so few mammals would be left.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2023

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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