collar
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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
A treatment to eliminate ticks on deer, like a tick collar on dogs, shows promise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
It’s a cream color and has a soft fluffy collar.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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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
Ben said The Grazing Project was "quite pioneering" in the sheer number of collars it uses.
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
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
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
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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
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
Big stock owners are hedging with collared positions—selling upside calls to buy downside puts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
She wore a long skirt from Aritzia, a collared blue tank, a belt and loafers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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
But on Key Largo, midsize mammals are still abundant enough to study—hence the collaring.
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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