brass
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Within months, Antonelli had his first victory in F2, the series just below Formula One, and the Mercedes brass began to believe he was ready to make the jump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Paxton also received large sums this quarter from the Dallas Cowboys brass.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
As Saronic, which makes autonomous sea vessels, weighed sites in 2025, Sramek’s deputies courted local leaders with riverside tours alongside retired military brass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Even back in 13th century Imperial China, the lengthy talons grown by nobility and the delicately carved brass nail shields which usually guarded them were a symbol of a life unmarred by manual labour.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The dashboard's brass hourglass measured the time; twenty minutes until arrival.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, grandly classical in conception, with dashes of the composer’s wily idiosyncrasies, was played with lush strings and enveloping brasses.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Sharp snaps of snare drum punctuate a gradual increase in forcefulness to a bleak, expansive landscape of solemn brasses and a droning in the strings, which melts into an almost Tchaikovskian Romantic sweep.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
While there were moments of piquancy and verve in the winds and brasses, the strings tamped out little flashes of fire and spark in favor of a plusher, more rounded sound.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
"Several thousand brasses and other artefacts - collectively known as the 'Benin Bronzes' - were taken by the British, and subsequently sold off in London to recoup the costs of the military mission."
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Musical Instruments - Introductory
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