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collar

[kol-er] / ˈkɒl ər /




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To unpack the other complicated details of this case’s non-ending, I spoke with Effie Blassberger, trial attorney at Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder who focuses on MeToo litigation, alongside white collar criminal defense.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

Instead, it has a characteristic dark collar marking.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Uniforms that sprouts porcupine quills at the tug of a collar?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Recognizable by a subtle sparkly strip hidden inside a collar or on an aglet at the end of a drawstring cord, Cucinelli’s luxury clothing brand employs a muted palette of tans and grays.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

We wait as the officer at arms, dressed in a black robe and white collar, takes his place at the center of the Plaza Mayor and unrolls a parchment.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Ben said The Grazing Project was "quite pioneering" in the sheer number of collars it uses.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Everyone was extremely friendly and on the fashion front, no popped collars in sight — only gym clothes and cool-looking fencing gear: mask, chest protector and underarm protector.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

While some lament the decline of suits and ties, others are relieved to ditch the starchy collars and pantyhose.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

AFP previously investigated a multilingual trend of videos stealing seniors’ identities to bait users into sympathetic purchases of slippers and dog collars.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

I can understand the ’70s TV because everyone loves hairy people with huge collars.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

He gave me a look that said: This poor guy has much bigger problems than not wearing a collared shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It said archaeological trenches dug near the route of the underground cable "contained the rim of an inverted pottery vessel whose fabric suggests a Bronze Age collared urn circa 1700-1500BC, typically associated with human burial".

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Big stock owners are hedging with collared positions—selling upside calls to buy downside puts.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

The Department of Fish and Wildlife came in contact with Crimson, whom they referred to as P-131, because the National Park Service had collared his mother as part of a long-term research project.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

Mom was a lot faster than I thought and when she collared me from behind at home plate all she said was, “Mister, you are in deep trouble.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

Tagging and collaring is an underfunded process, said Domingo.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2024

Their small, fuzzy bodies made collaring them difficult, too.

From Science Magazine Jan. 25, 2024

Revving the engines, they head out to check the line of 37 live traps they’ve been running since February in hopes of capturing and collaring Canada lynx.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2023

Fortunately, another research team was carrying out a collaring project to track matriarch elephants.

From Scientific American Oct. 21, 2021

The muck seemed to climb me, rising up my arms, my chest, collaring my throat like a noose.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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