brook

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Four of the offences included discharging higher-than-permitted levels of cyanide into the Manchester Ship Canal, a nearby river and a local brook.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

A man has died after he entered a flooded brook during a police chase.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 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

Once Rufus and I got to the brook, I asked right off, “Did you hear something about me and some trouble?”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan