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breast

[brest] / brɛst /




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He pleaded with Simpson to keep caring for them and sent sporadic payments totaling close to $10,000, plus reimbursement for breast milk, according to court records.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

"Back then a diagnosis of inflammatory triple negative breast cancer was like being handed a death sentence," Lynette said.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Dowden was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago and underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Continued demand for its allergy, haemophilia A and breast cancer drugs were among the key growth drivers, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

He pointed; and far down the avenue of yews we saw a white figure advance—a dim white figure, which held something dark at its breast.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Anyone concerned the event might not adequately cover its poultry bases can also breathe easy: “blackened chicken, packaged chicken, boneless skinless chicken breasts and chicken legs” have all been noted.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

Chicken breasts and hot dogs are assessed up 3% and 5%, respectively, said Well Fargo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

With cancer rates rising among people under 50, doctors specializing in breast reconstruction say they’re seeing ever-younger women opting to remove their breasts as a prophylactic measure.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Alex - not her real name - paid £16,500 for her reduction in central London at the end of last year, which removed 4.2kg from her breasts.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Septa Scolera was thick-waisted and short, with heavy breasts, olive skin, and a sour smell to her, like milk on the verge of going bad.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“Do you want single breasted or double breasted? Do you want a coat? Do you want it baggy? Do you want it slim? What color? What fabric?”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

The opening look set the tone - an ivory, double breasted coat, buttoned snuggly across the chest before flaring out, the feathery fringe of a miniskirt poking out below.

From Reuters Jan. 24, 2023

On a recent visit, a red breasted hawk perched atop a post where one of its security lights had broken and fallen off.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2023

Classy tailoring on suits, such as a double breasted number that opened the show with a delicate nip at the waists, contrasted with white sneakers and vests.

From Seattle Times Jun. 26, 2022

Yet he could have breasted all these things in some way, if the central tenet of his heart had not been ravaged.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The point is for his team to be playing its best basketball in March, like a sprinter hitting top speed while breasting the finish-line tape.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2023

Cormorants balancing on the calcified poles of long-abandoned jetties, looked, as they spread their wings to dry in the sun, like runners breasting a tape.

From Washington Post Mar. 18, 2022

Part of Singapore's reason for dismissing American pedagogy is "navigational" in a geopolitical sense: Lee Hsien Loong likens his country to a small but doughty craft breasting powerful riptides of global economics and politics.

From Salon Sep. 26, 2021

In Douglas’s case, he leans forward, as if forever grasping the prow of a Viking ship, breasting the waves and building up an appetite for experience.

From The New Yorker Dec. 9, 2016

Why couldn’t she have come inside the sweet, cool store when we saw them breasting the hill?

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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