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he dropped a brick that had his friends helpless with laughter
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Recent Examples of bricks
In keeping with Norwegian shipping tradition, Havila also invests in bricks and mortar.
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Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Archaeological evidence from sites such as Pope’s Creek Plantation in Virginia, the Washington family home, shows the presence of Dutch ceramics, clay pipes and yellow bricks.
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R. Grant Gilmore Iii,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
Rux compared those components to Lego bricks that assemble into a much larger structure.
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Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Investigators ultimately found 110 bricks weighing about 242 lbs.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
28 June 2026
Outdoors, a large rectangular swimming pool bordered by red bricks and a flagstone terrace anchors a sprawling backyard filled with flat lawns and towering trees, and topping it all off is a separate guesthouse, plus a basketball court next to an attached three-car garage.
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Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Additionally, the city will demolish two bridges that overlap the Dequindre Cut, improve the Michigan Avenue and West Grand Boulevard streetscape by adding a new crosswalk, landscaping, and new pavement, and also plan to maintain the historical bricks in Virginia Park.
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Alysia Burgio,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
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Arkansas Online,
23 June 2026
To improve drainage and keep the roots from rotting in a soggy container, set the pot on bricks or a wire plant stand to lift it off the ground.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Archaeological evidence from sites such as Pope’s Creek Plantation in Virginia, the Washington family home, shows the presence of Dutch ceramics, clay pipes and yellow bricks.
—
R. Grant Gilmore Iii,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
Rux compared those components to Lego bricks that assemble into a much larger structure.
—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Investigators ultimately found 110 bricks weighing about 242 lbs.
—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
28 June 2026
Outdoors, a large rectangular swimming pool bordered by red bricks and a flagstone terrace anchors a sprawling backyard filled with flat lawns and towering trees, and topping it all off is a separate guesthouse, plus a basketball court next to an attached three-car garage.
—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Additionally, the city will demolish two bridges that overlap the Dequindre Cut, improve the Michigan Avenue and West Grand Boulevard streetscape by adding a new crosswalk, landscaping, and new pavement, and also plan to maintain the historical bricks in Virginia Park.
—
Alysia Burgio,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
—
Arkansas Online,
23 June 2026
To improve drainage and keep the roots from rotting in a soggy container, set the pot on bricks or a wire plant stand to lift it off the ground.
—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bricks
Noun
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The team's mistakes cost the players early on when Germany scored in the 2nd minute to earn the lead.
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Sure, a lot of the mistakes or poor moments in defense can be waved away by recognizing that most of the team’s best defenders were sitting on the bench when the Turks wheeled away in delight with Ayhan’s goal.
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Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger.
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The Giants used three infield hits and two errors to score a pair of runs against Sale in the sixth inning, then Matt Chapman’s double set up Luis Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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Once again, Towns, who hadn’t gotten into foul trouble in what felt like a basketball eternity, pulled off a series of blunders, picking up two fouls in the game’s opening 62 seconds.
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Modern brick kilns are designed to minimize or eliminate clinkers.
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But there are no outright clinkers in the bunch, either.
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“Bricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bricks. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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