brush away

Example Sentences

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It’s a terrible mess in Ann Arbor, impossible for even college football to brush away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

These preparations include reinforcing fire control lines around the Eaton and Palisades fires, clearing dry brush away from surviving structures, and staging resources in areas where new fires could ignite.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

But when the start-up company OpenAI began making public its “generative” AI tools — including the popular ChatGPT chatbot — it led competitors to brush away their previous, relatively cautious approaches to the tech.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

In photographs, she is seen holding a broom that she would now use to brush away insects from her path to avoid accidentally stepping on them.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2023

He set me unsteadily onto my feet and began to brush away the snow that covered me.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss