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[brayn] / breɪn /




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Pillinger died eight months earlier following a brain haemorrhage.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

I was at an art gallery show and met this woman who asked if she could pick my brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

His mother was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, when he was 18.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘My life could be cut short’: I’m 55, married and have a brain tumor.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

That means the 10 billion neurons in your brain and spinal cord have a possible 10 trillion synaptic choices to make.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Excessive caffeine consumption has been linked to headaches and sleep problems, and experts say young people can be more sensitive to caffeine as they have smaller bodies and their brains are still developing.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

“I think this helps us recalibrate our brains ... to connect with others and take notice of what’s going on around us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The situation hasn’t changed with the dismissal of head coach John Harbaugh and the arrival of Minter and a whole new set of sideline brains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The researchers also detected inflammation in the animals' brains, along with abnormal accumulations of a protein called alpha-synuclein.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

“This was a case of, ‘If we can’t have William Friedman, we will make use of his brains through his wife,’” she later said.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

That way, it won’t turn into a brained brick because of a human error somewhere in northern Virginia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

Larger brained animals could use their intelligence to find fruit more efficiently, which in turn provided more energy to fuel a larger brain.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024

Clevinger, his long hair brained into pigtails, allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022

At least there’s nothing pointy on the Steam Deck, unlike some of the book corners I’ve brained myself with over the years.

From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022

No, it was meant to determine if you were right brained or left brained, usually connoted by handedness.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

We are a long way here from Thor developing the wheel or the Fat Broad braining the Snake.

From Time Magazine Archive

The second was a deep gully, but so choked with rubble that after nearly braining myself I desisted.

From Prester John by John Buchan

Oh the demons, they were cackling while he sat devouring a great moose joint, until he was close to braining them with the yellow ball of the joint.

From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien

"I guess that was nigh braining the child," quoth Miss Amanda, with the greatest coolness, and without making the least apology.

From Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

They succeed; but not without difficulty, and a free handling of handspikes—almost braining the apes before they consent to relinquish it.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid


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