brook

As we climbed the terraced pools of the West Kill, I concentrated on keeping my cast short and precise until I caught my first brook trout, or “brookie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Large-scale protests are rare in Vietnam, where the communist authorities brook little dissent.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

But one insult residents won’t brook is someone who doesn’t have confidence in better days ahead for the city no matter how dire things may be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

But then Lulu got bored and went outside and I went with her, and pretty soon I heard “IDA B. APPLEWOOD!” down by the brook.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

It is a remarkable climb-down, underscoring the difficulty of spurring the transition to electric vehicles even in an authoritarian country that brooks little dissent.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

His strictly regulated factory model brooks no challenges from his workers, and he employs an enormous security force to snuff out the merest whisper of pro-union sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

The mountains and valleys, the rivers and brooks, the occasional deer or bear are as much a part of the mise-en-scène as the series’ complicated, yet essentially straightforward heroes and villains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025

This message has echoed down the centuries and brooks no dissent or prospect for change.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023

From various and uncountable tributaries, in creeks and brooks of color and motion, the parts of this river had joined, become one mother current, and flowed on.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Critics say Kainerugaba has brooked little opposition in the country, acting decisively against anyone perceived as a threat to his father's administration.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Gottheimer quickly admitted to fabricating the post but brooked no argument over his Boss bona fides.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

The French thinker Simone Weil brooked no happy tales.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022

He brooked no challenges, no outside interference, no distractions.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022

In a voice that brooked no doubt, he said, “Azoth of this world does not affect mesarthium.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

This may be true, but it puts officials at a disadvantage when they get into shaming contests with governments that are more than eager to point out American hypocrisy while brooking no criticism back home.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021

“It doesn’t really matter who wins from that perspective. And there’s just no brooking that divide right now.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2020

Mr. Douglas developed a reputation for brooking little criticism.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2020

Not brooking even possible party division may pay off.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2019

And now her voice brooking in my ear, in a voice I hardly recognized.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee