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The donkey's father can be heard braying in the background.—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 There was no braying and shouting that often marks debates in the House of Commons and speeches were considered respectfully and heard in silence.—Brian Melley and Pan Pylas The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024 The pack animals fiercely defend their flocks by braying, kicking wildly and charging, teeth bared, at potential predators.—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024 To counter their own illiberal nationalists and braying chauvinists, Americans should start by practicing the sober self-awareness that Fulbright claimed was critical to living intelligently in the world.—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for bray
These interests, the thinking goes, feed into a culture that grinds the spirits of bright young women into pixie dust by insisting that their outward appearance is ultimately more important than their actions.
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Faran Krentcil,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
Things got worse after the emergence of Covid, which ground global trade to a halt and exposed how much the United States, and the rest of the world, needed China for everything from surgical masks to pain medicines.
This pageant of puppetry includes a flutter of butterflies, a goat with a plaintive bleat, a menagerie of wild animals and, at one point, a school of glowing fish.
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Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
Moments later, the bear rushes in, bites the fawn in the back, and violently shakes it as the fawn lets out piercing bleats.
Conforto, representing the tying run, pounded a 95.2 mph groundball for an inning-ending double play.
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Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
From April 3 to April 6, torrential rain pounded the Southeast, causing flooding that put more than 70 million people under flood alerts, killed at least 15, swept away cars and derailed a train.
But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
His grandson toddled over, climbed into his lap, accepted a kiss with a screech of delight, and scooted off again.
When Resident Playbook starts, Yi-young is already crushing on her sister’s brother-in-law Do-won (Jung Joon-won).
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
19 May 2025
But a disappointing loss to Sergio Martínez in 2012, lack of discipline needed to train properly and make weight, as well as a crushing defeat to Álvarez in 2017, sent his career into a free fall.
Indiana beat the Knicks in seven games last postseason, so New York will be looking for some revenge.
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Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
That price beats a new Juniper 2026 Long-Range All-Wheel Drive Model Y priced at $41,490 (with the $7,500 federal tax credit factored in) by almost $2,000.
Also, any shred of ego one has left after a lifetime of motherhood and being a caregiver/support person will get completely zeroed out while milling around a bunch of athletes.
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Denise Snodell,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
That agave is milled to extract its juice and left to ferment, after which it is distilled twice (usually) and bottled.
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