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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

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

Even back in 13th century Imperial China, the lengthy talons grown by nobility and the delicately carved brass nail shields which usually guarded them were a symbol of a life unmarred by manual labour.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Kao told the FBI that the lawmakers, lobbyists and Navatek brass understood these donations were bribes and that the payments were essential to the entire scheme.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Two pairs of white ladies came in, and along with the usual fans and vases, I sold a large tabletop brass gong.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

“Mythologies” revels in the palpably human effects of an acoustic ensemble: the trembling friction of bows on strings; the exhalations of breath into brasses; the grumble of bassoon, with audible clicks of fingers on keys.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 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

Petrenko’s emphasis on transparency and the exposure of inner lines allowed the extraordinary Berlin winds to project whole passages that are sometimes covered by the strings and brasses.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck