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One prisoner refers to a "rocket testing site" while discussing bratwurst supplies for the top brass.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Nobody will be betting a brass farthing on history repeating itself, though.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

During his eight years as a Laker there seemed to be countless occasions when Lakers brass capitulated to his “demands.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

When the younger Sousa became its conductor at age 25, he recruited woodwinds to balance the blaring brass instruments, expanded its repertoire by transcribing symphonic works, and led meticulous rehearsals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

She never whupped us with it because it was too valuable: a fine polished maple shaft with a brass bullet tip.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The brasses, which Honeck put to ominous use in the Tchaikovsky, snarled and shone, and the horns traced rainbow arcs over the stage in the Rachmaninoff.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

For the concerto version, Smith adapted her singing into more traditional lines for winds and brasses.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

“Mythologies” revels in the palpably human effects of an acoustic ensemble: the trembling friction of bows on strings; the exhalations of breath into brasses; the grumble of bassoon, with audible clicks of fingers on keys.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck