reared

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Patel’s instinct to use force to fix his reputation reared its head again with the girlfriend scandal.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

For now, February’s retail figures stand as a snapshot of an economy that was briefly gathering strength, before war reared its head.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 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

Sir Keir thanked Tribich for her "powerful words" and said his government would do "everything to tackle antisemitism wherever it reared its ugly head".

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Selvam, who for all that he had been reared on the land and had the earth in his blood, yet did not take to farming.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya