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[brah] / brɑ /




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"I was the first woman to burn my bra, it took the fire department four days to put it out."

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Those gains, she said, were seen across its bra silhouettes and price points.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Ranvia had back pain, her bra straps would dig into her, and exercise was difficult.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Its FlexFactor bra has an underwire that is encased in fabric to make it more cushioned against the skin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

After the cashier gave her the money, Mom went into a corner of the bank and stuffed it into a sock she’d safety-pinned to her bra.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

“Two areas stood out: bras and Pink,” CEO Hillary Super said on the post-earnings call with analysts, according to a FactSet transcript.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

“When we win in bras, we create a halo across the entire VS brand,” Ms. Super boasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

In March, executives said that over the past year, they had put bras back at the center of the Victoria’s Secret brand.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Rosalía used this as a perfect segue into her song La Perla, supposedly about her former fiancé Rauw Alejandro - with lyrics about a "terrorista emocional" whose proudest achievement is his collection of bras.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

While I don’t know about the cleverness part, I do know that I am curious about the world—from worms and bugs to chicken fights and the bras Ma hangs in her room.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung


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