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He called all the brass to sit and listen to him lecture them about what a true military leader should be.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Within months, Antonelli had his first victory in F2, the series just below Formula One, and the Mercedes brass began to believe he was ready to make the jump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

City fans' displeasure towards Uefa goes back even further, there being a litany of disputes with Europe's top brass.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The brass band pauses, leaving a plaintive solo violin hanging in the air—in Bruch’s description, “an old bard who contemplates a ruined castle and laments the glorious times of old.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

As her fingers brush against the brass knocker, a rattling sound comes from the other side of the door, and we all freeze.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, grandly classical in conception, with dashes of the composer’s wily idiosyncrasies, was played with lush strings and enveloping brasses.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

In the first two seasons, Britell followed a fairly confined playbook of the eight-chord motif’s different guises: a beating piano similar to that Mozart fantasia, darkly regal strings and brasses.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

Flutes dipped like swallows, and brasses popped out like goblins.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

"Several thousand brasses and other artefacts - collectively known as the 'Benin Bronzes' - were taken by the British, and subsequently sold off in London to recoup the costs of the military mission."

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck