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brass

[bras, brahs] / bræs, brɑs /


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It features “a brass barrel and decorative lockplate, with an additional flourish of silver-wire inlay in a shell pattern.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

I walk east, past the embedded brass quotes on Calle de las Huertas, where Golden Age scribes Cervantes and Vega and the Generation of 1927’s Federico Lorca and Valle-Inclán are literally underfoot.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

Several bands also took part, some with brass instruments, some playing Latin rhythms, people chanting slogans and dancing along as the demonstration followed a long loop through the northern half the city.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

The top brass of the ECB backed the management of the England team – Stokes, McCullum and Key.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Its brass arms showed half past six, and the message—Rest Time—flickered.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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