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as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
fell off her skates onto her rear
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as in raises
to bring to maturity through care and education
watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young
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as in erects
to fix in an upright position
it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing
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as in builds
to form by putting together parts or materials
the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years
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as in grows
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse
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Recent Examples of rears
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
So, the most damaging scandal of Starmer’s premiership rears its head again at a profoundly unstable time for the government.
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Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
This is where the idea of revenge rears its head.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
Dogs sniff each other’s rears, African elephants swing their trunks, and songbirds peck at one another’s feathers.
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Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
So much grunt routes through a trick all-wheel-drive system that actually uses a two-speed gearbox ahead of the engine between the front wheels, in addition to a more traditional eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle routing power to the rears.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Jordan love kind of rears back, throws it across the field, and Mike Jack had the presence of mind to stay with his guy on that one, and could have come up with a big interception.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
Last year’s team, in particular, needed a fire lit under their collective rears.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Power Train and Hardware Both trim levels are undergirded by a 94 kWh battery and two motors—one driving the front wheels, the other driving the rears—for all-wheel-drive capability.
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Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
18 Sep. 2025
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 June 2026
Partisan politics rears its head in Mansfield The issues plaguing Mansfield, though, go deeper than disagreements over growth, fiscal stewardship and how to run a city.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
Just as security teams and end users alike look forward to the weekend, a security issue rears its ugly head, putting a stop to all that.
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Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
As Pluto goes retrograde today, note a health or work crisis that habitually rears its head.
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Usa Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
The only time contemporary dance music rears its head is when Cunningham drops a kick drum to frame the duo’s meanderings, in the same manner that Ciani uses control voltages to corral her buzzing sounds.
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Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
To support the flight, there has been a sharpening of space weather forecasting skills — an ability to better gauge the sun's activity and to help assure crew safety if a hazardous uptick in solar action rears its energetic head.
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Leonard David,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
An attack rears its ugly head, and the security team smacks it down.
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Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
The bigger rub with the realignment rears its head in the individual tournament.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
When justice recedes, revenge rears its bloodstained head.
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Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
So, the most damaging scandal of Starmer’s premiership rears its head again at a profoundly unstable time for the government.
—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
This is where the idea of revenge rears its head.
—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
Dogs sniff each other’s rears, African elephants swing their trunks, and songbirds peck at one another’s feathers.
—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
So much grunt routes through a trick all-wheel-drive system that actually uses a two-speed gearbox ahead of the engine between the front wheels, in addition to a more traditional eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle routing power to the rears.
—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Jordan love kind of rears back, throws it across the field, and Mike Jack had the presence of mind to stay with his guy on that one, and could have come up with a big interception.
—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
Last year’s team, in particular, needed a fire lit under their collective rears.
—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Power Train and Hardware Both trim levels are undergirded by a 94 kWh battery and two motors—one driving the front wheels, the other driving the rears—for all-wheel-drive capability.
—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
Even though aeration units have been installed to add ozone to the water and slow the growth of algae, the pool’s water must still be cycled, which is where the problem of broken pipes again rears its ugly head.
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Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 June 2026
Partisan politics rears its head in Mansfield The issues plaguing Mansfield, though, go deeper than disagreements over growth, fiscal stewardship and how to run a city.
—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
Just as security teams and end users alike look forward to the weekend, a security issue rears its ugly head, putting a stop to all that.
—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
As Pluto goes retrograde today, note a health or work crisis that habitually rears its head.
—
Usa Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
The only time contemporary dance music rears its head is when Cunningham drops a kick drum to frame the duo’s meanderings, in the same manner that Ciani uses control voltages to corral her buzzing sounds.
—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
To support the flight, there has been a sharpening of space weather forecasting skills — an ability to better gauge the sun's activity and to help assure crew safety if a hazardous uptick in solar action rears its energetic head.
—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
An attack rears its ugly head, and the security team smacks it down.
—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
The bigger rub with the realignment rears its head in the individual tournament.
—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rears
Noun
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To have each other’s backs and support each other, no matter what.
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After breaking through at Brighton under the Italian in 2023, Van Hecke is considered among the best ball-playing centre-backs in the Premier League.
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The product is typically marketed for consumers to use on the face (particularly the cheeks), buttocks and breasts, Coons shares.
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Her cheeks boasted dewy, light pink glow, while her lips were lined in a dusty brown hue and dressed in nude gloss.
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The extreme heat has been supercharged by global warming, driven by humans burning fossil fuels, which raises the background temperature, making every heat wave more intense.
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Before Crowley was ousted, the city’s top financial analyst pushed back on her budget-cutting narrative, saying that spending on the Fire Department actually went up during that budget year — in large part because of a package of firefighter raises.
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The university erects a study tent inside K-Ville with desks and power strips to charge laptops and phones.
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This approach still erects a financial barrier for the hundreds of thousands of San Diego County residents who have supported Balboa Park institutions for generations.
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But this is not a production deal, or an IP deal, or a data training deal, rather A24 will have an active hand in shaping new workflows DeepMind builds with A24 and its filmmakers retaining full creative control.
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Colorado is heading into an active stretch of weather, with severe storms possible across the Front Range and Eastern Plains before heat and fire danger builds this weekend.
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Deep trust grows with clear boundaries as aching Chiron enters your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources.
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Centrus continues to expand enrichment operations in Pike County as demand for advanced reactor fuel grows.
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Zendaya wore an ensemble from one of her favorite brands, Louis Vuitton, stepping out in a bold-shoulder military jacket complete with tails.
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Since no one has a precedent for this exact experience, the stock price is really an option bet on the tails being realized.
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Under what’s called the sterile insect technique, the government breeds male screwworm flies that can’t reproduce, then releases them into the wild.
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Worse, expertise breeds confidence.
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“Rears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rears. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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