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
These preparations include reinforcing fire control lines around the Eaton and Palisades fires, clearing dry brush away from surviving structures, and staging resources in areas where new fires could ignite.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
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
And it gives Bezos and other moguls of the Digital Age a sense they can brush away labor.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2021
The kindly inspector with the granite face must have thought he had been indulgent enough, for he stepped forward to brush away Cecilia’s hand and interpose himself.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
