brawny
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Key details: Consumer spending, the chief engine of the economy, grew at a brawny 3.5% rate in third quarter.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
Fortune does not favor the brawny, or people armed to the teeth, or one sex over another.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025
In less than a decade, he revived the western with his smash hit “Yellowstone” and spun out a Sheridan-verse of shows with brawny characters in heartland settings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Comedian Sean Patton plays Markie, the high school football coach, a brawny walking anachronism with surprising insights of his own.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
Our timing couldn’t have been better, because in those few moments when all eyes turned from the brawny brawlers to our yelping thief, the crowd suddenly realized they’d been had.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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