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Parts of the Front Range, the easternmost section of the Southern Rocky Mountains, saw winds as strong as 85 miles an hour blowing debris and kindling-dry brush against the power lines.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

And spines can become lodged in people’s skin if they so much as brush against a cholla.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2024

Fault lines are the visible boundaries on the planet's surface where the rigid plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere brush against each another.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2024

“If you shake hands with someone or brush against something, washing your hands with alcohol-based hand wash or soap and water is sufficient to reduce your risk,” Hamer says.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2022

I stretch my arms above my head so they brush against the wall.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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