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brook

[brook] / brʊk /




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A formerly shady brook, enclosed by trees, has been opened out to form a wetland area.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But because she’s telling the worst men what they want to hear, Stuckey has created space for herself to live out the usually male role of being the pompous bully who will brook no dissent.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025

People kept stopping to talk to him, although they mostly made small murmuring noises, like the fake brook that runs through a suburban shopping center.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

The airport denies any link between the discharge and bacterial pollution in the brook.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

Yet that brook belongs to a part of my life that is finished.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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