brief
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How did Katie Zacharia do at her first - very brief - White House briefing?
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
But again, why did she feel the need to brief us on her first day in the office?
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Using these brief snapshots, the researchers tested whether patterns of brain activity could predict two different outcomes: how emotionally intense participants found a picture and whether they would remember that picture the following day.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Seoul's Kospi dived eight percent -- leading to a brief trading halt -- with SK hynix sinking more than 11 percent and Samsung more than 10 percent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
He sent up one brief, wordless prayer and launched himself out into the space above the chasm.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The states also responded to briefs from the Block the Merger coalition, a group of press freedom and film organizations that has called the settlement weak and unenforceable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The briefs - many still heavily redacted - were created during both the Clinton and Bush administrations.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Marketers are putting a new question in briefs for creators: How well do you influence AI?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He briefs reporters and does television interviews, but few people would recognize him on the streets of most cities in America.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
He wasn’t in his undershirt and briefs, the comforter pulled to his chin.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
Although Dorothy Parker tried her hand at plays and had a successful writing career in Hollywood—her screenplays included 1937’s “A Star is Born”—she excelled in briefer forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
The health secretary insisted he was "not challenging the prime minister" adding: "I'm not doing any of the things some silly briefer said overnight."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Vaill could have made Pride and Pleasure a briefer book if she had chosen to constrict the male narrative and focus on the sisters alone.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
I have brief visions of the bull hook flying at my head and then even briefer visions of getting up right now, this minute, and walking back to the hobo camp.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In his memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” published this year, Newsom acknowledges the liaison with Rippey, describing it as “the briefest of affairs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
She has made only the briefest appearances in his legal dramas.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
In briefest terms, the second law states that a little energy is always wasted.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
In its report about the alleged order regarding Starshield, Reuters quoted two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
On Thursday night, as he briefed the public on the shooting during a U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Transport Scotland said the documents released this week "made clear" Flynn had "not been briefed on the issue" before his committee appearance, and the emails sent to his office had not been shared with him.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
His first aviation employer, state-owned Oman Air, banned him from flying after authorities became aware of his interest in browsing extremist websites, people briefed on his background said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
They had been briefed, earlier, on the...situation...in the citadel.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
How did Katie Zacharia do at her first - very brief - White House briefing?
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Her first briefing on Tuesday lasted only 14 minutes as she took questions from just three reporters at Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail, appearing flustered and disorganized.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Zacharia held her first White House press briefing on Tuesday and only answered questions from three journalists.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
"I think we conflate the way we colloquially use the word 'addicted' – like, 'I'm addicted to this show, and I'm binge-watching it' – and clinical addiction," he told a press briefing in Sydney.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Only Jens Poulsson, the leader of this small Norwegian team, was given a full briefing.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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