ram
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The Year of the Sheep — or, alternatively, of the goat, or ram — begins on Feb. 6.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
Officers pour out and stand ready with a battering ram, but the front door is already open.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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
Outside a holdfast called Briarwhite, some fieldhands mmnmiM diwn in a CQPlfidd, demanding ram for the ears they'd taken.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
Firemen could be seen smashing in a window with battering rams and helping people climb out from inside in videos shared on social media.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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
The way people use their carts—on the verge of being battering rams to make their way through the crowd.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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
In a two-star review the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw said the movie is "rammed with every music-movie cliche" and plays "like a 127-minute trailer montage".
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 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
He rammed his hat on and hurried away.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
"They're a heavy, bony fish, so it must be some severe ramming," Wellard said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Then Fern ran straight into me, ramming her head above my belly.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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