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[brawn] / brɔn /


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The bottleneck to robot growth might not be the brains but the brawn.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Other Chinese carmakers are dialing up speed instead of brawn to justify higher prices, with top executives boasting about their cars’ performance on racetracks such as Germany’s Nürburgring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Whitney High in Cerritos, long regarded as having one of the best academic schools inthe nation, proved on Saturday how brains and brawn can go together.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

He’s just a schoolyard bully with less brawn and brain than he thinks, but excels at survival.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

The 1934 regatta was once again shaping up to be a clash of eastern privilege and prestige on the one hand and western sincerity and brawn on the other.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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