Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for braining
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That album cut, originally featured on OK Computer, became a hit seemingly out of nowhere earlier this year after spearing like wildfire on TikTok.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The video shows Brown seated behind the victim before pulling out a folding knife and stabbing her multiple times without provocation.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Around four minutes later, the man pulls out a knife and begins stabbing Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Our solidarity with the core values and aspirations of Connecticut residents explains why Democrats have been growing our legislative majorities since 2018 while Republicans have been shrinking, flailing and failing.—
Martin M. Looney,
Hartford Courant,
20 Aug. 2025
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Besides a full day of groundbreaking music, flailing fans can buy vintage and new merch, local food and drink, and enjoy immersive CBGB installations, including the notorious bar and stage from the original club.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The company destroyed a piece of lashing wire that investigators believe slapped an Xcel electrical conductor and caused arcing that led to the fire, said Matthew Delinko with Bauman, Lowe, Witt & Maxwell, a law firm representing insurance companies.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
21 Aug. 2025
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By Wednesday, videos of waves lashing the homes began to make the rounds on social media.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Witnesses and lawmakers wrestled with NASA’s budget priorities, highlighting concern that the administration’s 2026 budget request tilts heavily toward exploration while slashing science programs.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Such reviews have led to companies clearing the deck for new CEOs by slashing top and bottom line expectations, leaving stocks vulnerable to steep corrections.—
Chloe Taylor,Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Milwaukee mother who claimed her stepfather threw her baby from a balcony has now been charged with child abuse herself, accused of whipping her younger brothers.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Olbinski ran to his car, while others hunkered down and braved the brutal winds and whipping sand.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Just these two technologies as examples demonstrate the vast improvements needed in the complex urban jungle for companies to engineer an avoidance strategy for both autonomous vehicles and a jury’s thrashing.—
Steve Tengler,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Blues have since responded with a 5-1 thrashing at West Ham in Week 2, though that result appears difficult to judge given the Hammers' struggles this term.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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If the experience of illness is inevitably one of sapping solipsism, caretaking is its life-giving corollary.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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However, these decisions shouldn’t be sapping you of your energy altogether.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Braining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braining. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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