collar
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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
“It’s really a white collar sport now,” said Los Angeles club coach Michael Dyer, who uses a sliding fee scale to keep less-affluent 12-year-olds on his team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Another video angle shows agents holding him by the collar as they walk him down the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Lord Fredrick pulled at his shirt collar as if it had tightened like a noose.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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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
The work will also build on innovative use of GPS livestock collars to manage grazing more precisely.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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
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
The ties were pulled down a little so the shirt collars could be unbuttoned.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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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
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
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
Big stock owners are hedging with collared positions—selling upside calls to buy downside puts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
“Yeah, but he’s already wearing a collared shirt and cologne.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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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
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
Now a biologist based at Wildlife SOS, Shanmugavelu was preparing for a trip to Chhattisgarh in northern India for a radio collaring operation on a group of problematic elephants there.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2020
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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