brush with
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Meyers proceeds to tell an astonished Ed that he’s a huge fan of his long-forgotten 1979 poetry collection entitled “Way Past Go,” the postal worker’s fleeting brush with literary success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
This wasn’t Smith’s first brush with fire, however.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Their father doesn’t dismiss their brush with the forest’s spirits as juvenile fantasy, either.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
She had her first brush with show business in 1944, while working in a factory, when a photographer arrived to capture photos of women working on production lines during World War II.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
I give the outline a final brush with my palm and sit back on the hard ground.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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