as in grinds
to reduce to fine particles
bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle
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Verb
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At bottom, that’s the thing that grinds my gears.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025 -
The Luxe Café automatically grinds beans to the appropriate size and volume for your drink, and has a hands-free frothing system for creating hot and cold foam.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
22 Oct. 2025
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Not all Republicans agreed, but their bleats of complaint hardly suggested a Congress that had finally found the moment to reassert its institutional prerogatives.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When their cores run out of fuel, gravity crushes them inward, triggering supernovae that leave behind a neutron star or black hole.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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However, Dort’s fate is sealed after the chandelier crashes down and crushes him to death.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Double beats — where a company beats on both revenue and earnings — are happening more often, too.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Good pitching beats good hitting.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ethan Hawke stars as Lorenz Hart of legendary songsmiths Rodgers & Hart as the prolific partnership disintegrates to his great dismay.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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The debris collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Then decide whether inorganic materials like landscape cloth, black plastic, rocks, or rubber mulch is better than organic mulches like shredded leaves, straw, pinestraw, sawdust, or wood barks.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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Trying to comfort her dog, the owner explained the cat was not real, but the barks continued.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Brays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brays. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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