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That ended Shearer's brief brush with management and he returned to punditry, spending his weekends travelling between Newcastle and Salford for Match of the Day.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

It was easy to brush aside the question.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Tina Bury, Employment and Social Security President, said: "The fuel allowance is quite a broad brush approach and obviously everyone's needs are different in this area."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

An outer buffer that slows wildfires by thinning trees, clearing dead brush, and breaking up continuous vegetation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

As we started on our way, I happened to glance into the low brush and saw her nest.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Makenzy Beard discovered her talent for painting during the Covid lockdown after she decided to try out her mother's old paint brushes in the garden shed.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

After so long on the road, driving past despair dotted along the road’s shoulders, Day brushes off a cry for help with a joke.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

"Cytology brushes can be used when dry and do an excellent job of harvesting cellular material without damaging the integrity of the artifact being sampled," says Breen.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Daniele Garner brushes a yak at the Pettee Ranch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Without another word, my father brushes past us and heads upstairs.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

But almost in unison, they effectively brushed the worries aside, saying competition from higher-rate-seeking money is nothing new.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

And yet, Anderson’s “Resident Evil” has always been the butt of the joke, brushed off largely because his movies dared to be different when people wanted more of the same.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Beijing and Washington have brushed off those tech leaders’ calls, albeit for very different reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

A few drivers brushed the wall, including Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, but no-one damaged their car.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Michael finished his sandwich and brushed the crumbs off his hands.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

All 339 Olympic events: The next Olympics is still a couple years away, but it’s not too early to start brushing up on your knowledge of the Summer Games.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Moments after Manchester City had put down their first heavyweight marker of the post-Pep Guardiola era by brushing aside Crystal Palace, he was asked live on TV how much he enjoyed the game.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

“I don’t go that deep,” he says, brushing it aside when asked whether there are certain questions he’s trying to answer about being human.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Among the more effective preventive measures owners can take to protect dogs as they age is regular brushing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

I asked the man, brushing a pixie from my nose.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff