collar
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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
True to form, Joe Lycett wore a polka-dot shorts suit with a purple feather collar.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Gnocchi wears a pink collar with his name on it, an air tag and a red harness with a leash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Christoffels was resplendent in a new black suit, new checkered vest, a snowy white shirt, flowered tie, and stiff starched collar.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Scientists will use GPS collars to track mountain lions, coyotes, bobcats, deer and gray fox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
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
At LupinePet, which makes dog collars and leashes using materials sourced from around the world, costs have risen because of tariffs and fuel surcharges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
He turned to Katie and explained: “So many years comes this girl by me to buy dickies and paper collars for the papa. Now for a whole year already, she don’t come.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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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
Some members of the Whaleback pack are collared, providing a good starting point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
This was a public course with a casual vibe, but it still had a handful of rules including: You must 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
An iron- collared male drove each machine, but an Amazon warrior stood on a platform in back, manning a giant mounted crossbow.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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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
But even on Key Largo, collaring prey will only ever be one of a suite of tactics experts use to try to keep pythons at bay.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2023
Founded more than 30 years ago, andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve is a leader in hands-on guest conservation experiences rooted in scientific need, ranging from rhino dehorning to elephant collaring.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
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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