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“Benefits received prior to reaching the FRA are actuarially reduced for early retirement,” according to this policy brief.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Simhony creates at least one fully AI-generated promotional TikTok post every day, often taking advantage of brief periods when her son is napping, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

A top spokesperson for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left her administration Monday after a brief tenure, joining a growing list of communications aides who have departed over the last nine months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

In 1982, Britain and Argentina fought the Falklands War - a brief 74-day conflict that resulted in the deaths of 649 Argentine soldiers, 255 British combatants and three civilians.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Rather, he meant that he would be brief, concise, and to the point—in a word, pithy.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Over the last year, the Labor Department has filed amicus briefs — friend-of-the-court filings that lay out legal arguments for judges — in several class-action lawsuits on the side of the defendant company.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Last week, federal judge Sharion Aycock sanctioned lawyers on both sides of a civil case in Mississippi after they submitted AI-assisted legal briefs that cited non-existent cases.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

A pair of Orange County immigration attorneys received temporary suspensions after the court discovered they used generative AI to write briefs that included “multiple nonexistent cases, misattributed quotations, and gross misrepresentations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

A self-described "proper working-class" woman, Rayner rose quickly in Westminster, taking up the women and equalities, and education briefs in the shadow cabinet of former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

He toweled himself off and put his boxer briefs and jeans back on, but headed to his room for a fresh shirt.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Speaking to the BBC, he said he was "not challenging the prime minister" adding: "I'm not doing any of the things some silly briefer said overnight."

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

If my husband and I were fine spinning the wheel of chance, our search would have been much briefer.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

He harbored similar hopes for last November’s much briefer cease-fire, to no avail.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2024

Gollum in his own way, and with much more excuse as his acquaintance was much briefer, may have made a similar mistake, confusing kindness and blindness.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The briefest of handshakes followed before Littler marched off.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

Brandin Podziemski, who scored 19 points in the first half, stole the briefest sliver of momentum by making a running half-court shot to end the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

It reminds me of the 2016 ceremony, when Mark Rylance won, raising the briefest of hopes for Mark Ruffalo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

And all I could see was the thing in front of me bobbing on the surface of the water: white, then red, then orange-brown, before it disappeared for the briefest moment.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Dozens of legislators, staff and agency personnel have already been briefed on the latest research, and Boerner said she’s putting together a working group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

On Friday senior U.S. officials briefed reporters that the next few days would be a “test”: Would the regime declare an end to all attacks in the Strait, as the MOU requires?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

President Gerald Ford was on vacation in Vail, Colorado, but an adviser briefed the new White House chief of staff, Dick Cheney.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Morgan Rogers and Marcus Rashford had clearly been briefed on the news.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

“Now that you are a Son of the Six, there are confidential matters regarding the city’s...security that you should be briefed on.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The human rights charity now says the briefing was uploaded without going through the normal checks, and it has been temporarily withdrawn while an internal review takes place.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“I think this is what Lindsey would’ve wanted,” she said at a news briefing Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

In a July 2 press briefing, he said, “We have received no information. No updates. If there has been any direct outreach I am unaware of it. I don’t want to speculate about anybody’s health.”

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

"It was great. They got screwed with that red card," Rubio told reporters during a brief appearance in the White House briefing room when asked how the co-hosts were doing in the tournament.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

“I’ve got to check out. Varney’s giving a briefing at 0500 and I’ve got some stuff to do around the office,” Bull said, rising from his chair and glancing at his watch.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy