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Recent Examples of bray
The Editors, National Review, 22 Apr. 2024
For car buyers who are fed up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s braying public persona, practically anybody would do.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
In a world of social media braying and relentless self-promotion, Holstein’s modesty is refreshing.
—Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
Meanwhile, conservative Southerners brayed at Truman’s gestures toward the Black electorate.
—Aram Goudsouzian, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
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They’ve been besieged at Cooper Union — forced to hide in attics and spirited away from a braying mob through secret corridors.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Apr. 2024
For car buyers who are fed up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s braying public persona, practically anybody would do.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
In a world of social media braying and relentless self-promotion, Holstein’s modesty is refreshing.
—Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
Meanwhile, conservative Southerners brayed at Truman’s gestures toward the Black electorate.
—Aram Goudsouzian, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
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The player’s gear — 25 rackets and more than 30 shirts — was ground up and turned into a camo-like speckled composite in tones of blue that was used for the bezel and case of the 42-mm timepiece.Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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It’s often praised to put your head down and grind it out alone — a great display of belief in oneself — but leaning into the help of others creates a community around your ideas, which is crucial to your entrepreneurial journey.Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Use calls, such as bleats, grunts, snort-wheezes, grunt-snort-wheezes, and more.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024
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While does and young deer utter a sheep-like bleat to communicate with each other, this sound is relatively quiet; under most conditions, these sounds are audible from only a short distance.Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
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Through the opening 10 minutes, the Pioneers were pounding on the door with two early corners and a shot from distance that sailed just over the crossbar.Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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In Lebanon's capital, Israeli planes pounded the southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight and early Friday for the first time in four days, spreading panic after a rare lull.SALLY ABOU ALJOUD AND WAFAA SHURAFA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Now imagine the screech of a needle being dragged across vinyl, then swivel 180 degrees to think of the exact opposite.Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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That’s where Fairfield’s mixes came in, allowing the dragons to chirp, screech, sigh, sing, or laugh.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
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Half an hour later and two blocks away, a third-grader named Cooper Stock was crossing West End Avenue at 97th Street (yes, yes, with the light and in the crosswalk), holding his father’s hand, when a cab driver whipped around the corner and crushed him to death.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
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The precisely contoured shell shape provides a very close fit through the instep, ankles, and heel, but with enough curvature to encompass—rather than crush—bony protrusions.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Eagles 27, Rams 24 Sam Farmer’s pick: The Eagles have a lot of ways to beat you on offense — especially with Barkley — and their defense is swarming.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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In fact, consistently beating the S&P 500 — in good times and bad — has been difficult over recent years for individual stocks; for heavyweights in the Industrials sector including UPS, UNP, and CAT, and even for the megacap stars GOOG, TSLA, and MSFT.Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Nov. 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
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Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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Outside, a contrarian in a MAGA hat leaned against the glass, and the crowd, a mix of writers and artists, milled about, smoking.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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Streets had been closed off, cops milled around, and sanitation workers stood by, ready to start the arduous cleanup process whenever the event was over.Caroline Tien, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Bray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bray. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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