stout
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Denver is a tough place to play, and the Broncos defense is stout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Think about drinks produced in Ireland and you'd probably picture a creamy pint of stout or a tumbler of amber whiskey.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
One man was summarily expelled after he posted a shot of Baby Guinness, a coffee-liqueur cocktail that looks like a stout but has no actual beer in it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
With Atkinson in stout support, the Surrey pair halted New Zealand's charge.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The door was stout, and painted green; it gave access to a passage straight through to a courtyard.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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"A lot of pubs don't sell other stouts."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
Alcohol-free beer: Today, lagers, stouts and ales can all be found in non-alcoholic form.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
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
Some of the hardest-to-acquire barrel-aged stouts come out of Side Project, including Beer : Barrel : Time, a barrel-aged stout that doesn't use any adjuncts.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2022
For mild ales and porters about 3 to 4 lb, for light pale ales and light stouts 6 to 10 lb, and for strong ales and stouts 9 to 15 lb of hops are employed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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
Crist has dismissed Fried’s criticisms as last-ditch efforts to counter his stouter fundraising and high-profile endorsements.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
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
Lucy frets at the postponement of seeing him, but it does not touch her looks; she is a trifle stouter, and her cheeks are a lovely rose-pink.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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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
They had heard enough about Efrafa to daunt the stoutest heart.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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