rear
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Outside, the more than 1-acre property offers plenty of space and privacy, with no rear neighbors to interrupt its secluded feel.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"We are in an area that serves as a rear base for war operations," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
After a first-tier tribunal ruled in Ball's favour on 27 August, she said the council was "a law unto themselves" after two new concrete blocks were laid at the rear of her home.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Among the few distinguishing features: The front and rear fascias are unique to the Subaru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
There the prisoners who had been ahead of me were tugging their dresses over their heads and lining up against the rear wall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
Gold often reasserts its role as a safe harbor when uncertainty rears its head, drawing investors toward its stability as other assets wobble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Real life, in short, rears its ugly head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
It’s a solution to a problem that does not exist in traditional banking but that sometimes rears its head in crypto.
From Slate ● May 21, 2025
The hoof-head rears, squealing like a mouse, then bounds away from me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Insect larvae reared at higher temperatures will develop faster and reach pupation at a smaller size.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Medicare issue has also reared its head in recent times.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
There we met 60-year-old Rameshwar Yadav, a former private-school teacher who now reared buffaloes for a living.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
There was a light in the room and as the two reared up above the crib, with weaving heads and flickering tongues, the children woke.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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In the warm, dry spring a glut of glorious foundresses – new queens – emerged from hibernation to start their nests alone, carrying out all the nest building, egg laying, foraging and brood rearing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
John does all that too, on top of his parents blasting all fear out of him while rearing him to expect the universe to be unforgiving.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
A male Montagu's harrier, known as "AU" by conservationists, bred with two different females, rearing six chicks across two nests on English farmland.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“At least, I hope they take the horse off that car,” he said, referring to the Ferrari logo of a rearing stallion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Facing the hooves of a rearing stallion is scary enough, but when it’s a centaur, armed with a bow and whooping it up in a soda-drinking hat, even the bravest warrior would retreat.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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