Injuries to the front of her neck suggested a "soft ligature" had been used.

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The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of the neck just below the Adam's apple.

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And it costs the same to sit in the neck-craning front row as it does to sit in the middle of the theater.

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And the anti-immigrant National Front is breathing down his neck.

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Police are now investigating a golden cookie that turned up last week hanging on a red ribbon around the neck of a horse statue in front of the city's Leibniz University.

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Wright said an officer grabbed him by the neck and led him outside on his front lawn.

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Its front entrance is right at Flatbush and Atlantic, where the neck of the Turtle sticks out as open circle.

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Wearing a red and black rain jacket and a balance pole around his neck, Wallenda appeared calm and focused as he took small steps, gingerly placing one foot in front of the other.

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Though the patches can occur anywhere, they most often appear on the hands and feet, in the front of the bend of the elbow, behind the knees, and on the ankles, wrists, face, neck and upper chest.

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