collar
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To unpack the other complicated details of this case’s non-ending, I spoke with Effie Blassberger, trial attorney at Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder who focuses on MeToo litigation, alongside white collar criminal defense.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Instead, it has a characteristic dark collar marking.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Reflected sunglasses cover his eyes while a second pair hangs from the collar of his plain white T-shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Service industry - or "white collar" jobs - take a larger share of the economy and there has been a decline in traditional manufacturing and other "blue collar" work such as manual labour.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The jacket was the first thing I’d been given that was mine indefinitely, with my name embroidered in gold inside the collar.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Conservation initiative The Grazing Project has pioneered use of the collars on large flocks of sheep, with its efforts so successful it is now training four grazing cows to use the collars too.
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
AFP previously investigated a multilingual trend of videos stealing seniors’ identities to bait users into sympathetic purchases of slippers and dog collars.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Both Hole’s Courtney Love and Babes in Toyland’s Kat Bjelland claimed to be the first to perform in vintage, threadbare dresses with Peter Pan collars and puff sleeves, accessorized with knee socks and Mary Janes.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The ogre put the dog collar down on a pile of dog collars and began to plait another.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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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
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
The next day, I collared Travis after he fed his birds.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Tagging and collaring is an underfunded process, said Domingo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2024
Their small, fuzzy bodies made collaring them difficult, too.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 25, 2024
But on Key Largo, midsize mammals are still abundant enough to study—hence the collaring.
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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