brunt
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"So it was only by chance that we were not in the infant school, which was safe. We were in the junior school which caught the brunt of it."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
U.S. stocks were lower, with the Nasdaq bearing the brunt of the declines, as a hotter-than-expected September inflation report put a dampener on the mood in markets .
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Seoul and Tokyo again bore the brunt of the selling as traders bailed out of once-imperious chipmakers, though the selling was heavy across most of the region, tracking sharp losses on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Tanden willingly participates in the roasting, and as a woman of color, she’s destined to be on the brunt end of the internet, but as far as she’s concerned, it’s all been worth it.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Agent Jones’s shoulder throbbed where he’d taken the full brunt of the coconut.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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