brawny

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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

In less than a decade, he revived the western with his smash hit “Yellowstone” and spun out a Sheridan-verse of shows with brawny characters in heartland settings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

He’s also played by Cena, a retiring professional wrestler who embodies the white American male ideal – brawny, handsome, a good guy.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025

“Gladiator II” is an “enjoyably dumb sequel to the brawny Ridley Scott epic that won the best picture Oscar nearly a quarter-century ago,” writes Times columnist Glenn Whipp.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2024

Tanned, brawny fellows that they were, they teased Nat, asking him how he kept his feet in a squall.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham