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ram

[ram] / ræm /


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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

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

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

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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