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Doing a brief mindfulness exercise before each study session can help students focus, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"It forces the person to perhaps feel like they're rocking back and forth for that brief moment when the speed of the car suddenly changes," says Hac.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Sam Sankar, senior vice president of programs for the legal nonprofit Earthjustice, which filed a brief in the case supporting Boulder, was not overly optimistic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Portfolio rebalancing at the start of the new quarter may have steered some capital back into beaten-down Treasurys, helping fixed income catch a brief bid.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Krukoslik hung his spoon on his’ belt, and went to kneel by the small fire at the entrance to the shelter, where he murmured a brief prayer of thanks.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The states also responded to briefs from the Block the Merger coalition, a group of press freedom and film organizations that has called the settlement weak and unenforceable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He briefs reporters and does television interviews, but few people would recognize him on the streets of most cities in America.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

A self-described "proper working-class" woman, Rayner rose quickly in Westminster, taking up the women and equalities and education briefs in the shadow cabinet of former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Over the last year, the Labor Department has filed amicus briefs — friend-of-the-court filings that lay out legal arguments for judges — in several class-action lawsuits on the side of the defendant company.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

He drew up briefs, served summonses, examined deeds and records, and searched out precedents.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Although Dorothy Parker tried her hand at plays and had a successful writing career in Hollywood—her screenplays included 1937’s “A Star is Born”—she excelled in briefer forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Vaill could have made Pride and Pleasure a briefer book if she had chosen to constrict the male narrative and focus on the sisters alone.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

We made a very conscious choice to keep it on the briefer side because it is challenging subject matter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Gollum in his own way, and with much more excuse as his acquaintance was much briefer, may have made a similar mistake, confusing kindness and blindness.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

In his memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” published this year, Newsom acknowledges the liaison with Rippey, describing it as “the briefest of affairs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Under former general manager Perry Minasian, college players would be stoked to be drafted by the Angels, who did not hesitate to promote top prospects to the major leagues after the briefest of minor-league stints.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Journalists crowd together in the hope of hearing from him, microphones are thrust into the air and camera operators stretch above the crowd for the briefest glimpse of the game's biggest star.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Alexander and Beowulf gave only the briefest apologetic parting glance at Penelope, who felt utterly helpless to stop them from going with the admiral and Lord Fredrick.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The breakdown was messy and mired in miscommunication on both sides, a person briefed on the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The prime minister is also said to have told the meeting that he had briefed international leaders about plans in phone calls on Monday afternoon.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ford was uncharacteristically quiet in public after the Canadian government last week briefed the country’s premiers on the broad outlines of a trade deal with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin was briefed on the talks but refused to say whether the Ukraine war was raised.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

They believe the ambassador wants to be briefed on the upcoming Aaron Copland tribute.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“The whole system was, in a sense, just boiling — primed and ready to release all of that stored up energy come January 7th,” he said at a Thursday press briefing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I'm sorry it's not in my briefing, it should have been," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

At a Thursday press briefing, South Korea’s industry minister, Kim Jung-kwan, objected to the U.S. characterization of the country’s Alaska LNG investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ozone pollution is linked to 60,000 premature deaths per year in Europe, Ian Marnane, an official at the European Environment Agency, told a media briefing.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“What’s the trouble?” inquired Colonel Kom, moving leisurely across the briefing room with his hands in his pockets and his tan shirt baggy.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller