ram
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That’s where she came across the dead bighorn ram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Astronomers have already found evidence that ram pressure stripping is affecting M88 today.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, the black ram called Sebastian in the movie is based on Swann’s version, named Othello.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
So family members can ram a deal through, and force the bill for a misguided move onto outside investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
It smacks him like a battering ram: he shouldn’t be here.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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That also explains why, and how, his devoted rams, lambs and ewes are able to dedicate themselves to solving his murder.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
"We don't have the means to pay for her studies," she explained from their home's back courtyard, where young children capered about and two rams watched from an enclosure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
At the opposite extreme is Scotland's Soay sheep, with just 0.6% full siblings because each ewe mates with multiple rams.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
Few artists can draw from both worlds, but they collided in her debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?—pillow-soft vocals and blown-out drums, singer-songwriter lullabies and sonic battering rams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
I had read about sieges like this in my English history book, but in ancient days soldiers had worn armor and ridden horseback and used battering rams against the city walls.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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Instead of being at the site where Al-Qaeda hijackers rammed planes into the World Trade Center towers, Trump will pay his respects on Friday at the Pentagon in Washington.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
On July 7 a 43-year-old in the running lane on Central Park’s West Drive was rammed from behind by an e-biker traveling in the wrong direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
On one occasion last week, he says he was twice rammed by someone with their trolley in Tesco.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Murillo claimed he was rammed; prosecutors said the collision happened at less than 10 miles per hour and was “more of a jolt.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
Probably, she’s remembering the time I rammed into our father’s car, blowing the hom.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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Researchers say ramming has not previously been documented as an orca predation strategy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Jason Plotkin was on a Zoom call in a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit when he heard the crashing sound of a pickup truck ramming into the building.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
The vehicle ramming rattled local members of the community, Stern said.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Last year, Essayli and Tricia McLaughlin, the chief Homeland Security spokesperson, accused Carlitos Ricardo Parias of ramming immigration agents with his vehicle in South L.A., causing an agent to open fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
The morning of our first official game begins with Asher ramming his wheelchair repeatedly against my door.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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