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collar

[kol-er] / ˈkɒl ər /




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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

BRQ: My uniform was fishnets with Ugg boots that went up to my knees, shorts and two layered tank tops or a collared shirt with a tank top underneath and the collar open.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Instead, it has a characteristic dark collar marking.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Barely 3.7% of graduates or post-graduates found white collar work and under 7% landed permanent salaried jobs, according to the report.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

There was a note attached to his collar.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Ben said training cows to wear the collars had opened up the possibility of using sheep and cows together to rewild new parts of 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

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 gowns of these were pleated and padded, with high rufflike collars, epaulettes and jewelled belts.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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 is the third Angeleno from the city’s vast Iranian diaspora to be collared by the FBI in as many weeks.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2026

And there she comes, strawberry-haired Nancy Drew, the girl sleuth, so American and so sure of herself, wearing a round collared blouse and a pencil skirt, wielding her magnifying glass.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

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

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

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 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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