brush against

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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

The early 1980s Los Angeles of my childhood always felt like a place where you could brush against greatness and not even recognize it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

And speaking of rats: Sometimes, reaching deep into a trash can in search of a bottle, a worker will brush against an unwelcome surprise.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 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

Turning my head to the side, I felt an errant strand of her hair brush against me.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss