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Coyote attacks on humans are rare, with only about 10 nonfatal attacks occurring each year in the U.S. and Canada, according to the Urban Coyote Project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The disclosures offer a rare financial look under the hood as the AI giant prepares for a blockbuster IPO that could help it reach a valuation of $2 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Earlier this month, the BBC was given rare access inside a Jewish school in Hertfordshire, where pupils and staff operate under tight security, amid heightened concerns about antisemitism.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

A newly identified freshwater cave snail in China is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the little-known aquatic ecosystems hidden beneath East Asia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Optoomuchism was a rare occurrence in the Babushkinov household; in Plinkst it was nearly unheard of.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

A multiyear real-estate slump has no end in sight, steady jobs are becoming rarer, especially for young people, and many people seem to be hoarding their money in preparation for worse times ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Then she saw on the monitor a characteristic “elbow” and realized that what she was seeing was much rarer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Real surprises are rarer in the land of Too Much TV, although we shouldn’t knock reliable comforts.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Larger or more widespread CMN are much rarer, occurring in about one in 10,000 to 20,000 births.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

I could also name some rarer animals: chinchilla, mink, crocodile, ostrich, emu, beaver, leopard.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

The 40-inch doll made by Carousel for Reubens’ JCPenney-exclusive line in the late 1980s is one of the rarest Pee-wee Herman collectibles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The offspring of one of the world's rarest trees has been given a new home in south-west Scotland as conservationists step up efforts to save the species from extinction.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

On an island just off the coast is one of the last surviving pockets of the world's rarest marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The Bundibugyo strain is the rarest of the four known Ebola virus species, scientists say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Also, because it came not from Africa, but from some far Eastern land, it was the rarest, and most terrible, somehow.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

A group of Chinese billionaires, including Pony Ma, the Tencent founder, issued rared public statements supporting President Xi Jinping’s contentious handling of the economy.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

"Every pitch, I rared back, and after a while I didn't even look at the target."

From Time Magazine Archive

Aware that Newton Minow got a lot of acreage simply by calling TV a "vast wasteland," Goldwater rared back his onager at a Greek-American dinner in Chicago and let the rocks fly at U.S. television.

From Time Magazine Archive

The citizens rared up and threw an anti-chain tax for a loss.

From Time Magazine Archive

As he got near the barn, he shied at a rock in the grass, stumbled, rared up, and raced away, tail arched high.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Take, for example, a runner whose preparation for a race has gone perfectly and who is confident and raring to go.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

As for now, she is raring for the Mexican leg of her “K de Karma Tour” that kicks off on April 25 in her hometown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

While American oil producers have expressed hesitancy about rushing back to Venezuela, the companies that provide them with equipment and expertise, such as Halliburton, are raring to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

With England six days away from taking on France in their opening Group D game at Euro 2025, Sarina Wiegman's "special player" is fit and raring to go.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

Old Rowdy thought we were going possum hunting and he was raring to go.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls