ram
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Lyndon Dykes is a battering ram, but Gabriel and Marquinhos have seen his sort before in their storied careers.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Astronomers have already found evidence that ram pressure stripping is affecting M88 today.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
He and other members of the group have been arrested and detained, including one incident in which federal agents were recorded on video appearing to ram his truck.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Meanwhile, the black ram called Sebastian in the movie is based on Swann’s version, named Othello.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
We learn each step: prime the pan, charge the piece with powder, put in the musket ball, ram down the charge, cock the match....
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Officers used battering rams to force entry to several properties as parents walked past with their children on the school run.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
Finally, he thought that the two cameras hidden in burlap-covered towers might be distracting when he began to play, and the towers themselves, looming over the stage like medieval battering rams, were disconcerting.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Joanne Capestro, then 39, worked at a brokerage and investment banking firm on the 87th floor of the North Tower, about six floors beneath where the plane rammed into the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
Raducanu broke Jovic's serve in the fourth game with a blistering forehand and rammed home her advantage by holding serve with another rasping shot into the corner of the court.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
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
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The home belongs to Cole Worthy's father, Gye Worthy, and the ramming happened on the same night Cole died.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Mat Swanigan, 37, designed a custom lock for a set of french doors his dog kept ramming into.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
“Not so loud,” Alex said, ramming boxes of weirdly shaped pasta into a bag.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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