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as in to storm
to express one's anger usually violently
the man bristled at the accusation, and threatened to file a lawsuit
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Recent Examples of bristle
Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
Behind the side brushes are two sets of stationary bristles designed to angle dirt toward the multi-surface brush roll, which features fins and bristles.
—PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Alexis Gunderson, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
States must typically invite federal investigators to assess potential bird-flu cases in person, and some have bristled at the prospect of letting federal officials onto farms.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Meanwhile, the nylon bristles give it the strength to handle thicker, coarser hair by easily penetrating denser textures.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
Behind the side brushes are two sets of stationary bristles designed to angle dirt toward the multi-surface brush roll, which features fins and bristles.
—PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
But Minchin and Alcock are an electric duo, their bristling anti-chemistry transmuting their characters’ respective funks from mostly unwatchable to genuinely compelling.
—Alexis Gunderson, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
States must typically invite federal investigators to assess potential bird-flu cases in person, and some have bristled at the prospect of letting federal officials onto farms.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
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Re-imagining the Wheel Due to their size and the presence of whorls, the pebbles were likely used as an early version of a spinning wheel to gather up fibers like wool or flax and transform it into yarn.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
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Cotton fibers are hollow inside, and carry a slight negative charge.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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With a hemorrhagic stroke, a blood vessel in the brain suddenly bursts and causes bleeding in the brain.28 Long-Term Effects Vary If a heart attack isn't treated quickly, the lack of blood flow can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle.Alexandria Nyembwe, PhD, RN, Health, 6 Nov. 2024
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Members of the band then burst through the door with a galvanizing musical salute that saw audiences cheer and clap along with jovial captivating.Sam Falb, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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As Horowitz has argued, Ives is really an American counterpart to Mahler, who stormed toward the future while mourning the past.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The measures come nearly four years after former President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election results led a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in a violent bid to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's victory.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Their attitudes about the direction of the country also creates frictions in their friendship, a poignant emotional thread that the filmmaker approaches with admirable subtlety.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Three more benchmarks stress the CPU, using all available cores and threads to rate a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads.PCMAG, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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The other domain leads you straight to a website designed to turn you into a cartoon wolf with your eyes bulging out of your head, howling hornily at the moon and ready to spend thousands of dollars on hot vids.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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First, a little anatomy lesson to clarify why lymph nodes are so prone to bulging.Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
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The show ends in 1350, around the time that the Black Death was raging through Siena.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Maia Sandu, the pro-Western president, is seeking reelection after guiding Moldova closer to the European Union than ever before while Russia’s war in Ukraine raged near its eastern border.Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas pedal.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Remove tool has a drop-down menu that identifies wires and cables or people in the image that take attention away from your subject.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The Moody Center buzzed with the excitement of a family holiday gathering.Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024
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The first advancement in years came in May, when a user on the buzzing Reddit community r/TheMysteriousSong found a reference to Hörfest, a contest for amateur bands the radio station held every year in Hamburg, Germany.Adam Bumas, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Bristle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bristle. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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