neck
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She practised in a simulator beforehand and took part in a detailed programme of gym work, which included neck strengthening sessions, with some of the drivers on the F1 grid.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
As they worked, the kitten, caught by her neck, meowed and tried to use her back paws to push the cabinet away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
For everyone else they can turn into a pain in the neck, or worse.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Risk/reward looks more constructive to Stanton, who now includes Immutep’s phase IIhead and neck squamous cell carcinoma opportunity in his valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
A flush rose up the back of my neck.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The reactions to Dalporto’s March announcement on TikTok about the project varied, with one commenter suggesting interchangeable necks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
At the university, shelves groan with jagged pieces of spines, necks and legs that to an untrained eye resemble battered stones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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
Long-sleeved tops with high necks protect a child's arms, back and shoulders.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Five thousand miles away, in Cambridge, Watson and Crick could almost feel Pauling breathing down their necks.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Researchers have identified a gigantic new species of long necked dinosaur in Thailand that is now considered the largest dinosaur ever discovered in Southeast Asia.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
“Oh, he’s necked it,” Sir Nick Faldo accurately told American TV viewers.
From BBC ● May 13, 2024
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
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
Because the Turkana Rift is the first known active continental rift currently undergoing necking, it offers scientists a rare chance to study this crucial stage of tectonic evolution.
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
