brief
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I only came across a few stray hairs and watched one guest floss on my brief stay.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Araghchi will meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss "bilateral ties and regional and international developments", his ministry said in a brief statement.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
“On New Year’s Eve 2024, the defendant was alone again,” federal prosecutors wrote in the 25-page brief.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
People from that same town in Ohio submitted a brief in the Supreme Court case, saying: Please leave our Haitian friends and neighbors alone.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
They spoke to each other in a brief guttural language.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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