brook
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Four of the offences included discharging higher-than-permitted levels of cyanide into the Manchester Ship Canal, a nearby river and a local brook.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
In Dawlish, Devon, two black swan nests and 10 eggs were washed away after consecutive January storms brought torrential rain and caused the brook to breach its banks.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
But because she’s telling the worst men what they want to hear, Stuckey has created space for herself to live out the usually male role of being the pompous bully who will brook no dissent.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025
People kept stopping to talk to him, although they mostly made small murmuring noises, like the fake brook that runs through a suburban shopping center.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
Jeanne descended the small bank of the brook and splashed water on her cheeks and neck.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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