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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

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

“Remember,” Callaway said as he straightened a hem here and a collar there.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

These characters, representing mythical beings, are ornamented with fine drapery, ruff collars and jewelry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Now alongside the empty milk crates at Mr. P’s, brown paper bags with collars neatly rolled boasted plump strawberries, crimson cherries and Chiquita bananas.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Just a few months ago, the National Park Service caught a young collared male at the western end of the mountain range who had a kinked tail — a sign of inbreeding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Mom was a lot faster than I thought and when she collared me from behind at home plate all she said was, “Mister, you are in deep trouble.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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

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

Constituents also came to him during off-hours, collaring him when he was shopping.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 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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