stout
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Denver is a tough place to play, and the Broncos defense is stout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Samples from the bottle have been sent for analysis, with researchers hoping to learn more about what the stout would have tasted like.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
That resilience bodes well for Scotland's third group game, where another stout defensive display is of vital importance.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Churchill was a short, stout, luxury-loving aristocrat, while de Gaulle was a tall, angular ascetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
He nods toward the window, where a tall, stout boy waves from the street.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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"A lot of pubs don't sell other stouts."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
Originally, the addition of lactose to beer was largely limited to what were called milk stouts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
While I only recently came around to pumpkin as a dessert flavor, I’ve always been a fan of stouts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
With such an array of flavors and ways to make these stouts truly unique, surely there's a barrel-aged beer for everyone.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2022
Here at least I think England cannot match Ireland, for our stouts are, as a rule, too sweet and "clammy."
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
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
Crist has dismissed Fried’s criticisms as last-ditch efforts to counter his stouter fundraising and high-profile endorsements.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
The researchers suspect physical activity changes levels of brain chemicals related to mood, such as dopamine and serotonin, and reduces inflammation throughout the body and brain, contributing physiologically to stouter mental health.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
To Legolas she gave a bow such as the Galadhrim used, longer and stouter than the bows of Mirkwood, and strung with a string elf-hair.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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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
Granted, he wasn’t facing the stoutest of defenses.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
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
They had heard enough about Efrafa to daunt the stoutest heart.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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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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