brass

A brass band works down the block and stops at the park outside.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

The silver, pewter and brass items were taken from the 16th Century manor house at Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, on 30 July.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Does housing and spying czar Bill Pulte want another brass nameplate for his collection?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

In another meeting with department brass, Tan alleges in the lawsuit, he was told to “leave it alone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

In the corner of my eye, I watched him draw a match from his brass vesta case and light it with an unassuming flick of his fingers.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

Flutes dipped like swallows, and brasses popped out like goblins.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 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