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

But it said that as of September 2025, no chicken used in school meals was produced and reared outside the UK and EU.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Peter swept his second crutch over his head and roared again, and Pax snarled and the pale coyote reared back in surprise.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker