neck
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After about an hour, he pulls the turkey out, removes the neck and giblets and generously salts the skin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Among the users is 15-year-old Ollie, from Cheshire, who started making involuntary neck movements nearly two years ago.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Whenever you start hearing the word transitory, the hair on your neck should be standing up a little bit,” Goolsbee said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
"I just suddenly cracked my neck, and then about 48 hours after that, it was constant movements," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Clare was just about to nuzzle back into the warmth of her neck, to draw his fluffy tail tighter around them, when his ear caught the sound of an approach.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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For decades, the prevailing explanation was that necks evolved to give early tetrapods, the ancestors of four-limbed vertebrates, greater control over their heads as they adapted to life outside the water.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
In other words, the earliest necks may have been a consequence of adaptations for locomotion rather than an adaptation for improved vision or head movement.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
The U.S. military has pivoted from fighting against Japan to helping the county fight the kaiju, as long as the Japanese are the ones risking their necks on the front lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Hedge funds and other sophisticated investors who have been burned by the abrupt turnaround might be more cautious about sticking their necks out once again, he noted, particularly as bonus season approaches.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
There were a few boys from his school leaning over a metal fence and straining their necks.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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Nearby were partial skeletons of long necked dinosaurs preserved in river sediments, pointing to a forested inland environment crisscrossed by waterways.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 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
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The Turkana Rift began opening about 45 million years ago, and researchers estimate that necking started after widespread volcanic eruptions around 4 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
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
But the 44-year-old made light of being passed over, posting a humorous picture on Twitter of herself necking a bottle of champagne.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 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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