brushed
Example Sentences
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"We don't want anything brushed under the carpet."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ackman, with Israel, brushed aside worries around a stablecoin threat, saying crypto is growing in places where cards aren’t incumbent.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The smell hits first, garlic and char on skewered meat, chiles brushed over buns, oyster sauce mingling with the syrupy edge of black vinegar on sizzling noodles.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
He brushed it off during media day in September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Natalie knew that Hurricane Reuben had already brushed Puerto Rico, where Natalie’s mother had been born and Natalie’s father still lived, and made a devastating landfall in the Dominican Republic.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
