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rib

[rib] / rɪb /


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They have a prime rib that is phenomenal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Neutron imaging allowed the team to confirm earlier observations, examine large bones including Scotty's rib without damaging them, and obtain additional image contrast that complemented the information gathered through other methods.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Tatiana, the Afro-Caribbean restaurant at New York’s Lincoln Center, is one of the toughest reservations in the city, thanks in part to dishes like tender Wagyu short rib and head-on shrimp drenched in Creole butter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

His short rib pastrami suya at New York’s Tatiana has become one of the restaurant’s signature dishes.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

My heart beats hard like it’s trying to escape my rib cage.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

A friend in her 80s slipped on the stairs to her flooded basement and fell, breaking two posterior ribs and injuring her shoulder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The fossil became even more unusual when researchers examined a dark area preserved between its ribs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Brinker International guided for another year of profitable growth, as its Chili’s chain continues to attract value-seeking diners with its Triple Dipper appetizer, burgers and ribs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Really labored breathing, kind of tugging in their belly, tugging between their ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Before I could even think about following them to see what was going on, Joey rumbled over to hug me and squeezed so hard I felt some of my ribs move.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

“Want me to carry your purse for you?” he ribbed.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Ediacaran organisms came in many unfamiliar forms, including flat discs, leafy shapes, and ribbed ovals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

Don Cheadle later ribbed Clooney on stage when the duo presented an award, saying Chalamet “was 3 the last time you won.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

The spiders were communicating once more, slowly rubbing their great ribbed back legs together like poisonous crickets.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

We were all laughing so hard, ribbing each other on any little mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

On Wednesday, the usual bad-tempered jibes and angry exchanges witnessed in the political theatre of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions, were replaced by gentle ribbing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

When Paul pressed him again about his lack of apology, lack of contrition, and inability to even say he “misspoke,” while ribbing him about his “low impulse control” and presentation of “machismo,” Mullin didn’t waver.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

They instinctively sensed when to give me some space or when I could stand some gentle ribbing.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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