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ram

[ram] / ræm /


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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

After an ICE agent fatally shot Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, government officials alleged that Good, who is survived by a wife and three children, was trying to ram the agent with her SUV.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

And just to ram home the fact that Streep's character is based on feared fashion editor Anna Wintour, the soundtrack to the trailer was Madonna's Vogue.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

Of that lean and terrible red ship he saw no sign, but his father's Great Kraken was there, her bow ornamented with a grey iron ram in the shape of its namesake.

From "A Clash of Kings" 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

Suddenly, the car ahead of us brakes, and as we brake, too, the car behind rams into us, and the trunk flies open.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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

“There are serious fair trial and due process violations in these cases, and they are being rammed through the revolutionary courts and fast-tracked.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Those not going on a transatlantic trip are instead booking tickets for pubs and other venues, which are expected to be rammed to capacity.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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

I took a quick half step to the left, set my legs, and rammed into him with my shoulder.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

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

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 whale, on a ramming run, dives under the ship instead of ramming it.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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