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brawny

[braw-nee] / ˈbrɔ ni /


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“It’s a big, brawny truck. It’s a brute.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

Delightfully, when Moss-Bachrach’s brawny rock monster strolls to the deli to buy black-and-white cookies, he’s wearing a gargantuan pair of penny loafers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

As players led a brawny ape and a cartwheeling monkey through jungles, ancient ruins and snowscapes, they were treated to a musical smorgasbord of atmospheric tunes.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2024

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




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