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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

Anat was back in the jeans and chunky sweater she’d been wearing, but she still had on the face paint, slightly smudged along the collar of her sweater.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

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

On me—until Betsie caught up with them—hems sagged, stockings tore, and collars twisted.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Dressed in a gray T-shirt, dark collared shirt and leather pants, RM’s hair is a light burnt sienna color matching the fur of the stylized tiger on the screen behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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

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

Albus and Aberforth wore matching lacy collared jackets and had identical, shoulder-length hairstyles.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

Revving the engines, they head out to check the line of 37 live traps they’ve been running since February in hopes of capturing and collaring Canada lynx.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

But on Key Largo, midsize mammals are still abundant enough to study—hence the collaring.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2023

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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