bricks

plural of brick

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bricks Eight people were injured, and Interstate 290 was blocked for several hours on Monday, after a semi-trailer truck spilled a load of concrete bricks onto the road in northwest suburban Itasca. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Related Stories The report noted that sludge remained Saitex’s primary source of waste in 2025, and that the company repurposed 40 percent of that waste to produce bricks for garden walkways and concrete blocks for retaining walls. Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 His brother was stuffing bricks of cash in multiple places and would even wrap the money in plastic before hiding it in spaghetti sauce jars. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 Crews added more than 114,000 bricks to Kimball’s exterior, installed 1,270 light fixtures and planted 100 new trees. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Most of the gold bullion aboard the Fort Stikine was lost, but dredging operations in the harbor have continued to unearth some of these bricks, including as recently as 2011. Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026 Dane Cook‘s brother stole $12 million from the comedian and hid bricks of cash inside pasta sauce, a new documentary reveals. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 Wood, bricks and insulation filled the ruins of the church entryway and media room at 2900 Roswell Avenue, near Quindaro Boulevard. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 Their trim sizing is ideal for all types of butter storage, including slimmer American sticks and wider European bricks. Clara Hillis, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bricks
Noun
  • Arday vehemently denied the accusations, suggesting that any mistakes were the result of his autism.
    Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Arday had denied the allegation of plagiarism but acknowledged making mistakes.
    Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Lynch’s massive draft whiffs feel like harmless clerical rounding errors next to his good work in handling all the off-the-field stuff that lands on his desk.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Hafley and staff must clean up the operation Penalties and mental errors have been more common in joint practices and games than when the Dolphins had intrasquad practices.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That’s 38 more opportunities for horrific pitching, lifeless hitting and mental blunders galore.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • But the motivations for the murders were an unplanned series of blunders designed to correct mistakes that were made.
    Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Modern brick kilns are designed to minimize or eliminate clinkers.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But there are no outright clinkers in the bunch, either.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Bricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bricks. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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