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Bush pushed the idea during a brief, giddy window between the financial crisis of 2000-’03 and the one of 2007-’09.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Among the sectors where employment has fallen over the past year: manufacturing, which has resumed its long decline after a brief, postpandemic pop, and which employs more than two men for every woman.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Having outfitted players at the tournament for decades, the brand’s brief reflects its history with a contemporary twist.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
While the tech billionaire is long gone after a brief falling out with the president, the consequences of DOGE’s cuts are still being felt.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
She smiled at him as they hauled themselves up it—a brief flash of teeth, effortful but gallant—and tried to wring the water from her clothes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing brief
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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