brush against
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Both books inevitably brush against today’s argument over the American founding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Outside of Paul Chan’s Silver Lake studio, the rush of L.A. turns tranquil as pineapple guava plants brush against a wall in the warm breeze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
Fault lines are the visible boundaries on the planet's surface where the rigid plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere brush against each another.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
"I squeezed through, sucking in my stomach, trying not to tread on anyone's toes or brush against anything."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
I shove them into the bin until my fingers brush against a moldy Pierre.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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