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Recent Examples of brass ring
Built in 1909 by Charles I. D. Looff, who made the carousel for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk two years later, Spokane’s merry-go-round offers 54 horses, a giraffe, a tiger and two Chinese dragon chairs and, of course, a brass ring.
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Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
It’s made with a thick polyurethane — a solid plastic that is strong with some flexibility, and a lead-free brass ring.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
Editor’s picks The Machine is Bert Kreischer’s bid for grabbing the big-screen-stardom brass ring, taking his infamous anecdote and turning it into a meta-action-comedy perfectly tailored to his stage persona.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
There is no ladder of success in the business, there is no brass ring at the end.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
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Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
It’s made with a thick polyurethane — a solid plastic that is strong with some flexibility, and a lead-free brass ring.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
Editor’s picks The Machine is Bert Kreischer’s bid for grabbing the big-screen-stardom brass ring, taking his infamous anecdote and turning it into a meta-action-comedy perfectly tailored to his stage persona.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
There is no ladder of success in the business, there is no brass ring at the end.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass ring
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The second annual Vogue Vintage Market is rapidly approaching, featuring a veritable treasure trove of designer finds sourced on eBay.—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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Feldman has accumulated a treasure trove of old pictures — funny and, in a bigger sense, heartbreaking — of innocent, pre-fame Kiedis, Flea and Slovak goofing off and hanging out.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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This rich moisturizer features a natural vitamin C complex—potentially sourced from Kakadu plum, Irish Sea moss, and tremella mushroom extract—to brighten and hydrate skin simultaneously.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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Château Angélus 2023 has delightful aromas of cassis, violet petal, and black raspberry that transition on the palate to black currant, black plum, and cherry.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
19 Mar. 2026
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That was the prize money awarded from the Royals’ 50/50 Raffle, which means the same amount went to the Kansas City Royals Foundation.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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Those lucrative deals are necessary because the prize money for winning the cup was a meagre £100,000.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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The sparkling headpiece features diamonds and pearls set in silver and gold.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sans jacket, Pascal made a statement with a bursting floral that accented his tuxedo shirt with pearl buttons.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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The great revelation of the exhibition is the group of works in silver and gold from 18th-century Naples, where nothing of their quality and scale survives today.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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That's particularly the case for things like gold, which pay their investors nothing at all.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Archaeologists have discovered a piece of marble treasure among the remains of a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Kythira, which could be tied to an infamous robbery at the Parthenon, Greek officials said.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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But the show instantly makes a rod for its own back by waiting until Episode 3 to turn its hero into the Count and get all the treasure-hunting, high society-infiltrating, and Machiavellian scheming underway.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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The basketball bacchanal is the thing – swapping pep bands in end zone pits and dancing mascots and eight teams taking one court chasing after the same singular prize.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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The major prizes were divvied up between an auteur blank check in OBAA and an original blockbuster in Sinners.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Like Season 1’s Ronald Gladden, Anthony Norman proves there really are a few lovely gems still sprinkled among our ever-eroding society.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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Her fresh braids were laid and neatly tucked under her signature paisley bandana, adorned by gems that reflected the strobe lights.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Brass ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20ring. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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