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Recent Examples of bray
Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
To counter their own illiberal nationalists and braying chauvinists, Americans should start by practicing the sober self-awareness that Fulbright claimed was critical to living intelligently in the world.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Would that more institutions took that stand, instead of capitulating to a dishonest, braying mob.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Then an old-timer hoarse and exigent with years bugled like a braying donkey.
—Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
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Verb
The pack animals fiercely defend their flocks by braying, kicking wildly and charging, teeth bared, at potential predators.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
To counter their own illiberal nationalists and braying chauvinists, Americans should start by practicing the sober self-awareness that Fulbright claimed was critical to living intelligently in the world.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Would that more institutions took that stand, instead of capitulating to a dishonest, braying mob.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Then an old-timer hoarse and exigent with years bugled like a braying donkey.
—Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bray
Verb
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Now, Lionel Messi and Miami have ground to make up on their home pitch.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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On TV and in real life, the bastards were grinding us down.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Goats in real life are smart, sensitive social creatures who communicate through bleats and body language.—
Michael Freeman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Every night the lamb would cry, and be told to hush, for its bleats disturbed their sleep.—
Karen Zautyk,
New York Daily News,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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All that — that’s what came turning around the corner late Sunday afternoon, striding through a tunnel of fans off Augusta’s 18th green, walking without a shadow despite a shallow sun; arms extended, eyes welling, chest pounding.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Deadly flooding in the South and Midwest The mother of a 9-year-old boy is speaking out after he was swept away and killed by floodwaters in Kentucky during the four days of historic storms that pounded the region.—
Chris Looft,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One-take monologues are sliced in half, plot twists pause mid-gasp, and a car chase sequence screeches to a halt.—
Viren Naidu,
IndieWire,
24 Mar. 2025
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While not functional, the shiny cars served as props for young kids to vape, scroll on their phones, and screech on top of.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The other wildcard for Apple is what Europe will do in the form of retaliatory measures for what Trump announced last Wednesday evening that crushed the stock market on Thursday and Friday.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Interactive Brokers’ full-year 2024 results crushed expectations, while quarterly commissions and trades were up huge year-over-year.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her decision to turn down the Apple beat at the Journal in 2007, the year the iPhone was released, in order to pursue an M.F.A. in fiction propels an exploration of how much human creativity depends on the ideas and labor of others.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her defense has raised the possibility that someone else beat him to death and left him in the cold.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The qualifications are that all steps of production, from milling to maturation, must be done onsite, and at least two-thirds of the grains are grown on land owned or controlled by the estate.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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Locals will mill and chat on the sidewalk outside the wine bar Vineria Eretica, glasses in hand, as shopkeepers pull down their metal shutters and lock up for the night.—
Laura May Todd,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Bray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bray. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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