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[stout] / staʊt /




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Other artefacts include an empty bottle of Armstrong and Dickie stout, likely produced at the former aerated waterworks site at the nearby Whitesands.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Ryan Wagner makes sure bartenders meet exacting standards for foam and temperature as stout sales boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

"Interior, again, some big stout guys that can really push the pocket."

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

I cruised into the little town of Clifden at a stout 125 kilometers per hour on a narrow two-lane road just as Storm Bram was ravaging Ireland’s Atlantic coast.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2025

A thrush, too, went about his business, and two stout little wag-tails, following one another, and a little cluster of twittering sparrows.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

"A lot of pubs don't sell other stouts."

From BBC Dec. 8, 2024

Molasses, cardamom, nutmeg and cinnamon flavors are all throughout many fall stouts.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2022

In the past three weeks, two Black-owned breweries have debuted in the Central District to large African American turnout, many hoisting hazy IPAs and stouts, and breaking boundaries in an industry with few Black owners.

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2022

American brewing excels at extremes, delivering brawny stouts and I.P.A.s as well as nonalcoholic beers that are growing in quality and sales.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2022

But unfortunately the shorts, stouts, and mediums are not respectively standard according to bust-measure.

From The Perfect Gentleman by Bergengren, Ralph

Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

Some snakes, such as boa constrictors, had long, slender upright teeth, whereas others, such as king snakes, had shorter, stouter, and more curved ones.

From Science Magazine Jan. 4, 2024

Things are a bit stouter on the defensive side where four teams, led by No. 22 Florida, among the top 20 in yards given up this season.

From Washington Times Sep. 27, 2023

The researchers suspect physical activity changes levels of brain chemicals related to mood, such as dopamine and serotonin, and reduces inflammation throughout the body and brain, contributing physiologically to stouter mental health.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2022

The clothes were poorly fitted for my frame, being cut for one much stouter, and the breeches fairly flapped about my knees.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

On X, formerly Twitter, Elbridge Colby, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defence in the Trump administration, wrote that Japan and India "are two of our very stoutest and important allies".

From BBC May 2, 2024

Granted, he wasn’t facing the stoutest of defenses.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2023

Grover Stewart and the Colts have been one of the stoutest run defenses in the NFL.

From Washington Post Oct. 30, 2022

Now he was being thrust into 70 snaps against one of the Pac-12’s stoutest interiors.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2022

In this awful situation, the stoutest hearts began to fail.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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