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brush

noun as in tool with bristles for cleaning

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Weak match

noun as in fight

verb as in touch lightly

verb as in clean, prepare by whisking

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Prosecutors allege that Rinderknecht “maliciously set” a brush fire just after midnight on Jan. 1 that eventually grew into the deadly inferno.

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Surrounded by rows of unsold Pinot Noir grapes in late August, Steve Dutton brushed away the hanging leaves to reveal the dark purple grapes.

Germany, who brushed aside Luxembourg 4-0 on Friday, will still be favourites to automatically qualify.

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He will be advising them on certain things - culture, training facilities, high-performance environments, broad brush stroke stuff.

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The prosecution had said Ahmad "may have made a most minor contact" with Franco's girlfriend as he brushed past them, to which Franco "appeared to take some petty exception".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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