brawny
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Conclusion: The CrossWave is a big, brawny, outrageous machine, and rides like a plane crash that lasts all day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
There are only a few spots where the big, brawny Interstate 5 overlaps with the old Ridge Routes, mostly for a short bit above the town of Grapevine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Key details: Consumer spending, the chief engine of the economy, grew at a brawny 3.5% rate in third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Fortune does not favor the brawny, or people armed to the teeth, or one sex over another.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2025
Maybe it wasn’t the smartest thing to do, to hit a brawny soldier with an umbrella.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The truth is, however, that the auto industry is addicted to sales of big, heavy gas-fueled SUVs and pickups, which are only becoming brawnier with every model year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2020
Yes, Jones told the brawnier Thome, he was done.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2018
Clement, the brawnier and gigglier one, agrees: “Yeah, we love doing it, but we wouldn’t watch it.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2018
A graduate of American University, Cohn is a little bit like the less-charismatic, brawnier younger brother to Blankfein.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2016
Anne's husband, Henry Ransome, seemed, so far as very brief observation enabled me to judge, quite a different person from his much younger, as well as much bigger and brawnier associate.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 by William Chambers
At a time where everybody is seeking power, the Rays can’t afford a lineup loaded with the brawniest sluggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
What is thought to be the world's debut bodybuilding contest, in 1901, saw 60 competitors trying to prove to a group of three judges who had the brawniest muscles.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2021
Through the Depression and the war years, the pages of Esquire were the place to be for the brightest and brawniest of American writers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2017
From the stage, his brawniest hooks become stadium-grade singalongs, while his ballads offer an intimacy that can make the nosebleeds feel close.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2015
He was the largest and brawniest of the boys and seemed to be their leader.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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