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brief

[breef] / brif /




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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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