stout
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That resilience bodes well for Scotland's third group game, where another stout defensive display is of vital importance.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Churchill was a short, stout, luxury-loving aristocrat, while de Gaulle was a tall, angular ascetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Speaking to AFP after a conference at the French Institute of International Relations think tank, Wright said Europe should not worry as the United States remained a "stout ally".
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
I cruised into the little town of Clifden at a stout 125 kilometers per hour on a narrow two-lane road just as Storm Bram was ravaging Ireland’s Atlantic coast.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2025
Princess Eilonwy and the stout, baldheaded Coll, meantime, had been helping Taran pick himself up.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
"A lot of pubs don't sell other stouts."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
When it comes to stouts, Washington’s breweries know what they’re doing, and one of my favorites is Métier Brewing’s seasonal delight Grandma’s Hands.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Originally, the addition of lactose to beer was largely limited to what were called milk stouts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
So instead, we turned to quintessentially festive flavors and ingredients like dark, malty stouts, Irish cream liqueur, whiskey, chocolate, and lots and lots of green food coloring.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2022
"Some stouts are sweeter; some are a little lighter."
From O+F by Wetterau, John Moncure
Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The state applied these humiliating lessons to build a stouter bridge in 1950, and a parallel Narrows bridge in 2007.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Some snakes, such as boa constrictors, had long, slender upright teeth, whereas others, such as king snakes, had shorter, stouter, and more curved ones.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 4, 2024
Things are a bit stouter on the defensive side where four teams, led by No. 22 Florida, among the top 20 in yards given up this season.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
She was shorter and stouter than Muriel, with hair the color of cinnamon and sugar.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
On X, formerly Twitter, Elbridge Colby, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defence in the Trump administration, wrote that Japan and India "are two of our very stoutest and important allies".
From BBC ● May 2, 2024
Grover Stewart and the Colts have been one of the stoutest run defenses in the NFL.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022
A flagon of your stoutest for my friend.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Now he was being thrust into 70 snaps against one of the Pac-12’s stoutest interiors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
The pain, which is written on her face, would fell the stoutest soldier, but she does not complain.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing stout
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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"The First Day of School," Vocabulary from the short story
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