as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer
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as in slows
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us
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Recent Examples of brakes
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Comprehensive coverage for specialty vehicles that includes the engine, transmission, primary drive assembly, drive axle, cooling system, steering, suspension, brakes and more.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
While both the clarity and tactile quality of the secondary controls are impressive, a sport car’s most important controls are the steering, throttle, brakes, and shifter, ideally all working together in harmony.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The driver, however, again abruptly cut into the center lane in front of the transport van without signaling and aggressively applied the brakes, the affidavit claims, forcing the border patrol agent driving to quickly apply the brakes to avoid another collision.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The car had no roll cage, aluminum body panels instead of steel, no power brakes, no sunroof, and no radio, among other weight-reducing moves.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Comprehensive coverage for specialty vehicles that includes the engine, transmission, primary drive assembly, drive axle, cooling system, steering, suspension, brakes and more.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
While both the clarity and tactile quality of the secondary controls are impressive, a sport car’s most important controls are the steering, throttle, brakes, and shifter, ideally all working together in harmony.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The driver, however, again abruptly cut into the center lane in front of the transport van without signaling and aggressively applied the brakes, the affidavit claims, forcing the border patrol agent driving to quickly apply the brakes to avoid another collision.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The car had no roll cage, aluminum body panels instead of steel, no power brakes, no sunroof, and no radio, among other weight-reducing moves.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brakes
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Handwriting slows the pace of thinking just enough to encourage deeper processing, better retention, and more original ideas, outcomes that typing, and indeed AI, rarely deliver.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The new medication from Tufts targets a combination of four hormones — GLP-1, GIP, glucagon (the counterpart to insulin), and peptide YY, which reduces hunger, slows stomach emptying and may promote fat-burning.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hacienda Bambusa in Armenia, on the other hand, delivers tranquil luxury in an environment of cacao fields and bamboo groves.—
Boris Seckovic,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Aug. 2025
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Fall brings migrating humpback whales offshore, and the monarch butterflies return to the eucalyptus groves each late fall through.—
Pismo Beach Conference,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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However, no one is prepared for Patricia, a misunderstood local living alone in the island’s dense woods.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Officers found the knife used in the attack in woods near the driveway.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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The area is a vast, rural, mountainous tract of forests with a political ethos that resembles Texas more than Los Angeles, San Francisco, the state capital of Sacramento, and other liberal Democratic environs.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Its beauty lies in low-slung pastel buildings, pine forests edging the city, and ferries slicing through the Baltic toward fortress islands like Suomenlinna—while locals linger in cafés over cardamom buns or get cozy in harborside saunas.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Brakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brakes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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