neck
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In more severe cases, symptoms include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, vision loss, paralysis and coma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The animals operated in the high temperatures of La Guaira, exposing themselves to dehydration and abrasions to their fur, something visible on Sisu's neck.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
The sleeves cool him for up to two hours, Reyez says, and wrapping the towel around his neck provides a burst of extra relief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
"Lighter lace material has made a comeback recently, as well as dresses with a chic multiway neck scarf."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Amber, thought Torak, remembering the little seal amulet that Fa had worn on a thong around his neck.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
They held paper hearts aloft during Fine Line, and painted red lips on their necks, in reference to the star's latest album: Kiss All The Time.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
On the first, priests tie a sacred thread around the necks of the transgender devotees, symbolising their marriage to the Hindu warrior god Aravan.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Many immigrants crossed the Atlantic to the U.S. with their most valuable possessions hanging from their necks and wrists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
By similar logic, antelopes that foraged on tall trees found that they had to extend their necks to reach the high foliage.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
By comparison, only one out of 55 eastern ribbon snakes and three out of 36 ring necked snakes tested positive.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
The dinosaurs included carnivorous megalosaurs - ancestors of Tyrannosaurus rex - and long necked herbivores that were up to three times bigger in size than an elephant.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
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
The one who remained was in his seventies, but tall and bull necked and powerful.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
This dramatic difference points to a process known as "necking."
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
