rear
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AWD models have an independent electric motor on the rear axle, for on-demand all-wheel drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The ULR in its designation stands for "ultra long distance", a feat made possible by an additional 20,000-litre rear centre fuel tank being fitted to Airbus's A350-1000 model.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Fernando Alonso set 13th fastest time in the session, 2.475 seconds from the pace set by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, but team-mate Lance Stroll had a rear suspension failure.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Stroll's left rear suspension appeared to break as he rounded Turn Three with about 20 minutes left of the session.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
More slowly the two shopworkers got up and followed them down the stairs to the shop’s rear entrance.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But for the most part, Ferraiolo says, young people have a fear of missing out—a phenomenon that rears its head every time an investment soars, as seen in recent years with cryptocurrency and meme stocks.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Still, the Brisbane speech, which rears its sombreroed head into any Google search of the author, marked a shift in the way Shriver engaged with the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Real life, in short, rears its ugly head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
Without giving too much away, AI - the subject of much debate in the creative industries - rears its head in the storyline.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
She rears up and, taking his face in her hands, kisses the lids of each of his two-color eyes.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
He even managed to send two of his four children to university with the help of government grants by selling livestock he reared by himself.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Patel’s instinct to use force to fix his reputation reared its head again with the girlfriend scandal.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
But then love and marriage reared its head and Burden’s story took a dark turn, which she chronicles with a keen forensic eye in her buzzy new memoir, “Strangers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
The fear trade has reared its head in several corners of the market in response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
When Rowdy reared up on me like that, he was just about the same height as I was and there was no way I could dodge his lapping tongue.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Christopher Nolan’s version of the Trojan Horse—35 feet tall and rearing on hind legs—was half buried in sand on the Atlantic coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now those fears seem to be rearing their head once more.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Some dairy farms send calves out to third-party calf ranches for rearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
The pair have so far successfully bred at the nest site for three consecutive years, rearing three young in 2023, four in 2024 and a further four in 2025.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
The horses galloped into the middle of the dance floor and halted, rearing and plunging.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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