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neck

[nek] / nɛk /
NOUN
narrow connector
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Three days after being carted off the field with a neck injury, Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell provided a health update.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Meranda contacted the Etsy seller about the £15 necklace that had irritated her neck.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Cris Sarabia clutched his binoculars, craned his neck and envisioned a brighter future than what he saw at street level.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Smith has been ruled out of the enthralling decisive Test against South Africa with a neck injury.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

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

Some hopped on benches craning their necks for a better view while others FaceTimed friends so they could watch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

Jonn spun around and ran back toward them, while the other members of the party craned their necks to look.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Brand entered the witness box wearing a dark suit and a white open- necked shirt.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

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

This dramatic difference points to a process known as "necking."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

Daniel juggles two simultaneous dinner dates in a restaurant while dressed as both himself and Mrs Doubtfire, running between two tables and necking cocktails.

From The Guardian ● May 13, 2020

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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