brainchild
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To some, it reflected poorly on Rosenior, but it was the brainchild of James himself under influence from former Wigan Warriors rugby league player Willie Isa, who is effectively the squad's mentality coach.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Headquartered north of Atlanta, Phoenix Air is the brainchild of two brothers, Mark and Dent Thompson.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
It wasn’t until economist Ralph Anspach became entangled in a legal battle with the game maker in the 1970s that the true story and Magie’s brainchild came to light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
The app, which has 285,000 users, is the brainchild of attorney and computer scientist Jazz Hampton and his team who created it after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
Enlisting the aid of the beaver’s highly capable molars, the badger left him gnawing away at a yew sapling in the orchard while she went off to find an arrow that would fit her brainchild.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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