brush away
Example Sentences
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It’s a terrible mess in Ann Arbor, impossible for even college football to brush away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Leaders have learned much about fire prevention techniques since then, he noted, such as building with nonflammable materials and clearing brush away from houses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
But when the start-up company OpenAI began making public its “generative” AI tools — including the popular ChatGPT chatbot — it led competitors to brush away their previous, relatively cautious approaches to the tech.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023
In photographs, she is seen holding a broom that she would now use to brush away insects from her path to avoid accidentally stepping on them.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2023
Her grandmother waved her hand, vaguely, to brush away the memories like you brush away cobwebs.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
