stout
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With Atkinson in stout support, the Surrey pair halted New Zealand's charge.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
As the head of beer quality for Guinness in the U.S., it’s his job to make sure that bartenders have everything they need to deliver drinkers a perfect pint of the brand’s signature stout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Dunk’s good, stout heart informs his determination to live up to the ancient chivalric oaths, which also makes him hopelessly naïve.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Speaking to AFP after a conference at the French Institute of International Relations think tank, Wright said Europe should not worry as the United States remained a "stout ally".
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The trail was warmly inviting in late afternoon sunlight—there were long shadows from the trees and expansive views across a river valley to stout, charcoal-colored mountains—and the meadow was indeed a perfect place to camp.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
"A lot of pubs don't sell other stouts."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
The Fremont hot spot put on events spotlighting stouts, sours, barleywines and barrel-aged ales, often drawing lines hours before the doors opened for these events.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
Over three years at Founders Brewing, the 25-year-old saved enough money pouring IPAs, stouts and porters to pay cash for a 2009 Toyota Corolla.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
"That's not to say there aren't plenty of breweries making great lagers or stouts, but other styles like bitters, milds, saisons, etcetera are much harder to find than they were even 10 years ago."
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2022
"Some stouts are sweeter; some are a little lighter."
From O+F by John Moncure Wetterau
Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The state applied these humiliating lessons to build a stouter bridge in 1950, and a parallel Narrows bridge in 2007.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Some snakes, such as boa constrictors, had long, slender upright teeth, whereas others, such as king snakes, had shorter, stouter, and more curved ones.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 4, 2024
Things are a bit stouter on the defensive side where four teams, led by No. 22 Florida, among the top 20 in yards given up this season.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Mr. Hoo, on the other hand, was stouter and less angry.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
On X, formerly Twitter, Elbridge Colby, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defence in the Trump administration, wrote that Japan and India "are two of our very stoutest and important allies".
From BBC ● May 2, 2024
Grover Stewart and the Colts have been one of the stoutest run defenses in the NFL.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022
Now he was being thrust into 70 snaps against one of the Pac-12’s stoutest interiors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
There will be fleshy linemen and muscle-bound pass rushers battling to be proved the stoutest.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2011
The pain, which is written on her face, would fell the stoutest soldier, but she does not complain.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing stout
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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"The First Day of School," Vocabulary from the short story
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