brushed

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On view were hastily brushed, large canvases of musketeers, toreadors, atelier scenes and cavorting couples.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“You’re gonna round us all up in one spot that’s where you want us,” one man said as he brushed past the line.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The last question was about petroleum prices, which Powell mostly brushed off.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

"I didn't like the way that he was just brushed off... he's gone over and that's that," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

He took out a camel-hair brush, an exquisitely delicate tool, and brushed granite powder over the glass.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day