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he dropped a brick that had his friends helpless with laughter
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Recent Examples of bricks
To clean soot off fireplace bricks, mix 1/4 cup liquid dish soap with 4 cups water.
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Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
After the fall of Hosni Mubarak, ordinary Egyptians brought paint cans from home to Tahrir Square, to re-mark the curbs that had been flaked from years of government neglect, and abraded by tanks and flying bricks during the protests.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Yet the bricks only last a few hours; new ones must be lit throughout the night.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
The condition of the bricks and missing mortar on the building called for a lot of prep work to prepare the surface.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
The app handles models of various sizes, from small objects using 500-1,000 bricks to larger creations requiring several thousand pieces.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Create a scale model of your house, immortalize your pet in bricks or craft unique souvenirs from your travels.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Remove firewood, bricks, boards, tarps, or vegetation up against the house, which shelters insects that provide food for spiders, says Gray.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
Sourcing your bricks Worried about finding the right pieces?
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
After the fall of Hosni Mubarak, ordinary Egyptians brought paint cans from home to Tahrir Square, to re-mark the curbs that had been flaked from years of government neglect, and abraded by tanks and flying bricks during the protests.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Yet the bricks only last a few hours; new ones must be lit throughout the night.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
The condition of the bricks and missing mortar on the building called for a lot of prep work to prepare the surface.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
The app handles models of various sizes, from small objects using 500-1,000 bricks to larger creations requiring several thousand pieces.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Create a scale model of your house, immortalize your pet in bricks or craft unique souvenirs from your travels.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Remove firewood, bricks, boards, tarps, or vegetation up against the house, which shelters insects that provide food for spiders, says Gray.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
Sourcing your bricks Worried about finding the right pieces?
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Bricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bricks. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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