in the neck
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That material may then travel to lymph nodes in the neck, where dendritic cells identify it and present it as a target for T cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
For everyone else they can turn into a pain in the neck, or worse.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
"All we can do is be brave. Be in the neck of Arsenal and if they slip up, use it."
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
This isn’t merely a pain in the neck for Mr. Mandelson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
By the time a carcass reached my spot on the line, the fluids had mostly drained out, everything except for dense clots of blood in the neck and upper chest cavity.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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