ram
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That’s where she came across the dead bighorn ram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the black ram called Sebastian in the movie is based on Swann’s version, named Othello.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
The finding supports stories from 19th-century sailors who reported whales using their heads to ram and push objects, sometimes even sinking ships.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 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
One of the horns of the celestial ram was bent at an uncomfortable-looking angle.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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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
And then a great thudding and bumping, like huge rams dinning on the ground.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
On July 7 a 43-year-old in the running lane on Central Park’s West Drive was rammed from behind by an e-biker traveling in the wrong direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Around the world, he learns, ships are being rammed one after another.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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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
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
They’re ramming AI down our throat right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
As the centrifugal force pushed them sideways, Jordan slid across the seat and slammed hard into Alex, ramming him into the side of the bus and smashing the cupcakes into the wall.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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