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collar

[kol-er] / ˈkɒl ər /




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Instead, it has a characteristic dark collar marking.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Uniforms that sprouts porcupine quills at the tug of a collar?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

“Sin never stops,” Moretta said in his distinctive gruff voice, a Roman collar peeking from his black guayabera.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Recognizable by a subtle sparkly strip hidden inside a collar or on an aglet at the end of a drawstring cord, Cucinelli’s luxury clothing brand employs a muted palette of tans and grays.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

I whirl around, water droplets sliding down my collar.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

While some lament the decline of suits and ties, others are relieved to ditch the starchy collars and pantyhose.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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 final collection for Wilson is pleated, fluffy, lacy and — with its neat A-line cuts and sophisticated collars — unmistakably tennis.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

“There were young blondes in polo coats and hipsters with beards, and the wives of Senators; there were white faces and black faces, ministers’ collars and turtleneck sweaters.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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

Published this week in PNAS, the study draws on nine years of GPS tracking data from collared wolves and cougars.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

Several years ago Los Angeles County authorities collared some coyotes to track their movement within the region, Regis said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2026

It was much like a man’s suit, gray with a collared shirt and tie, but formfitting and with trousers hemmed at her knees.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

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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