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ram

[ram] / ræm /


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Beginning with tobacco, they refitted the dusty doctrine as a battering ram and swung it at guns, lead paint, opioids and oil companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 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

On June 11, he wrote: “Every time I read about the battering ram incident I’m just floored at how wild that is.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

The light of the torches shimmered off their masks—ape, ram, wolf, crocodile.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

“He gets to erupt into flames. I get to wear these stupid rams horns.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

In Knueppel’s first season in the league, Brust rammed him with a shoulder, to see how he’d react.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 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

The only visible law enforcement presence is a police car rammed across the driveway, signaling the limits of encroachment, like an invisible wall in a video game.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2026

The administration initially claimed that Martinez had rammed the Border Patrol officer’s car, later admitting in court that this hadn’t happened.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2026

She opened an imaginary doughnut jar and helped herself to another, which she rammed into her mouth.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Researchers say ramming has not previously been documented as an orca predation strategy.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

They’re ramming AI down our throat right now.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Excitement meanwhile grew in Seoul, with hotels long since booked out and thousands flying in from overseas, ramming home the immense popularity of a multi-award-winning act singing mostly in Korean.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

The vehicle ramming rattled local members of the community, Stern said.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

The wind was bitter, but it was impossible to row fast enough to keep warm—the danger of ramming into the large chunks of brash ice that surrounded them was too great.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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