brunt
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From going unbeaten in his opening nine games with a refreshing brand of football, the consensus was things had gone flat and that the head coach was bearing the brunt of it.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Small businesses are bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices, the owner of a haulage company has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Semiconductor stocks bore the brunt of the statements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Many small and midsize Canadian business owners producing everything from honey to art to cosmetics are expected to bear the brunt of the pain from President Trump’s new tariffs, the Journal’s Amanda Coletta writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The only way he cared to tackle a challenge was head-on, right now, applying the full brunt of his extraordinary energy.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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