brush against
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Parts of the Front Range, the easternmost section of the Southern Rocky Mountains, saw winds as strong as 85 miles an hour blowing debris and kindling-dry brush against the power lines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 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
“If you shake hands with someone or brush against something, washing your hands with alcohol-based hand wash or soap and water is sufficient to reduce your risk,” Hamer says.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2022
Moss and tree roots brush against us as we squeeze by them.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
