brook
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As we climbed the terraced pools of the West Kill, I concentrated on keeping my cast short and precise until I caught my first brook trout, or “brookie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Large-scale protests are rare in Vietnam, where the communist authorities brook little dissent.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Volunteers are hoping to restore a seaside town's brook to its former glory by removing silt build-ups.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
But one insult residents won’t brook is someone who doesn’t have confidence in better days ahead for the city no matter how dire things may be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Then he filled a kettle from the brook and boiled it up for tea.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
It is a remarkable climb-down, underscoring the difficulty of spurring the transition to electric vehicles even in an authoritarian country that brooks little dissent.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
His strictly regulated factory model brooks no challenges from his workers, and he employs an enormous security force to snuff out the merest whisper of pro-union sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Critics argue that the whirr of chopper blades is drowning out the sound of birds, bubbling lava and babbling brooks.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
"Pedal steel guitar strains tremble in the air, piano chords cascade like brooks, an ethereal harmonica conjures a mood of wailing longing. Beautiful."
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
To make matters worse, many of the island’s brooks and streams emptied right into the ocean, where all that water became undrinkable.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Critics say Kainerugaba has brooked little opposition in the country, acting decisively against anyone perceived as a threat to his father's administration.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Gottheimer quickly admitted to fabricating the post but brooked no argument over his Boss bona fides.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
He brooked few objections from politicians or more pessimistic public health experts about the practicality of attempting to deliver full-scale medical services in places such as Haiti.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022
He brooked no challenges, no outside interference, no distractions.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
Traditional notions of the king in society, after all, brooked no possibility of “exploitation” in the modern sense.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
“It doesn’t really matter who wins from that perspective. And there’s just no brooking that divide right now.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
Mr. Douglas developed a reputation for brooking little criticism.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2020
Not brooking even possible party division may pay off.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
Their candidate Jack Brereton sticks with unerring consistency to a handful of talking points, brooking little deviation and plenty of repetition.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2017
And now her voice brooking in my ear, in a voice I hardly recognized.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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