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[brawn] / brɔn /


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The bottleneck to robot growth might not be the brains but the brawn.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The demand for American-style brawn led China’s Great Wall Motor to roll out a new gasoline-powered V-6 pickup truck, bucking the country’s move toward EVs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The Wallaroos came with brain as well as brawn, poking holes with kicks in behind England's defence.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Whitney High in Cerritos, long regarded as having one of the best academic schools inthe nation, proved on Saturday how brains and brawn can go together.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

Chomsky was the brainless brawn, Rand was the animus—the wild force of nature among them.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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