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brass

[bras, brahs] / bræs, brɑs /


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The Hindenburg lifted off shortly after 7 p.m., saluted by a brass band playing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” and cheered by a large crowd, including a Hitler Youth troop.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Its curved blade, chipped and rusted, with a gilded, possibly brass, hilt featuring a lion on the end, is too delicate to hold.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

A brass band works down the block and stops at the park outside.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

In Salzburg, Dudamel indulged the Vienna Philharmonic’s incomparable lushness, those plush strings, glowing winds, golden brass, voluminous timpani.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

We stand side by side, watching the musician’s slide dance up and down, the brass blowing jazz.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

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

Their sound has a lovely finish: softly molded winds, round-toned brasses, strings that never turn strident.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2024

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

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2023

"Several thousand brasses and other artefacts - collectively known as the 'Benin Bronzes' - were taken by the British, and subsequently sold off in London to recoup the costs of the military mission."

From BBC Dec. 14, 2022

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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