bricks

plural of brick

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Recent Examples of bricks At one point, the vehicle swerved to avoid bricks and concrete dumped in the middle of the road. Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026 Overall, each kart weighs 280kg, 65kg coming from the Lego bricks. Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Rux compared those components to Lego bricks that assemble into a much larger structure. Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026 Shenanigans include an accidental delivery of millions of bricks, a visit to an underworld realm, and an aquatic adventure. Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 In keeping with Norwegian shipping tradition, Havila also invests in bricks and mortar. Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The celebration continued here at Hutton Brickyards, a historic site that once supplied bricks for American landmarks like the Empire State Building. Rolling Stone, 5 July 2026 After receiving a report of bricks falling from the 37-story building, fire officials said two columns had buckled on the 21st and 22nd floors, while floors were sagging between the 21st and 26th floors. Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 8 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bricks
Noun
  • Acknowledging and even criticizing our mistakes of the past doesn’t cheapen one’s love for the United States.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • The measurements auto-populate the quote, eliminating the transcription errors and ruler mistakes that have plagued the industry for decades.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Without an operator, the consequences of errors are much greater.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
    Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 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 9 Jul. 2026.

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