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neck

[nek] / nɛk /
NOUN
narrow connector
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The other Phase 3 volrustomig trials will continue as planned in cervical cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and mesothelioma.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Rimmer started Villa's 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in the 1982 European Cup final, though he was replaced by Nigel Spink after nine minutes because of a neck injury.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Catcher Dalton Rushing, who’d already been pressed into duty because of Will Smith’s lingering neck injury, will be shut down from throwing for four to six weeks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

By the second day, her neck was aching and she was taking migraine medication to ward off headaches caused by intense microscope light.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

He yips with excitement as his wet nose nuzzles my ear and neck, giving me his best version of a hug a dog can give.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Even within the tenuous reality of the movie, Frankie and Molly aren’t focused on saving their own necks, especially after their clairvoyant powers kick in and the friends realize they can communicate with closed mouths.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“They had these big bells around their necks and were dressed up in a way that made them look very regal and a bit ferocious.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

As more blacked-out vehicles entered the area, the more excited the crowd grew, with several craning their necks to peek at the stars exiting their vehicles.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Nagatitan belonged to the sauropods, the group of giant plant eating dinosaurs known for their long necks and tails.

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

They were a club of some sort, and all wore workmen's blue smocks, and red handkerchiefs around their necks, and carried a great banner on two poles.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their earliest life stages were small, exposed, and highly vulnerable.

From Science Daily Feb. 1, 2026

Long necked animals, such as giraffes, need to pump blood upward from the heart against gravity.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Mike McNerney of Carbondale, Illinois, an authority on necked discoids, believes they are a corruption of the classic Celtic cross, with the ends of the cross being dropped from the design.

From Washington Times Nov. 1, 2015

Most descriptions of encounters lend themselves to either the theory of a multi-humped sea serpent or the plesiosaur, a long necked dinosaur from the early Jurassic period.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2012

Mrs. Byrne says, and I realize that she is talking about my necklace, which is usually hidden by my high- necked dresses.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

After widespread volcanic activity about 4 million years ago, the onset of necking caused the land in the rift to sink.

From Science Daily Apr. 25, 2026

"I can imagine the rubber necking that is going to happen."

From BBC Aug. 2, 2023

Instead of dancing and necking and maybe even performing for the hippies in Haight-Ashbury, Elvis Presley had spent an endless seven years in Southern California, forsaking his music career for one on the silver screen.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2018

Basically middle-aged music nerds in plastic glasses necking $8 beers, with a few kids to spike the energy and enthusiasm.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2017

Who wouldn’t be appalled to find her brother and his girlfriend necking in her brand-new house, in the prize bathroom of all places?

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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