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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braining
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As settlers moved into the area and took tribal lands near the river for farming, the Bindjareb resorted to taking the settlers’ crops and spearing their cattle for food.—
Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
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Mikel Arteta reflected on how his group lived the period between points inexplicably frittered away at Wolves and confidently spearing the heart of their rivals four days later.— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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Police were called to the area by witnesses who reported a woman was actively stabbing a man.— Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Delisle pleaded guilty to stabbing his father in April 2025 and lighting the family’s mobile home on fire in the 1000 block of 3rd Street North, according to a judgment of conviction.— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2026
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Officials assessed McCollum a technical foul for inadvertently kicking Brunson below the belt while flailing his leg on a fadeaway jump shot in the Knicks’ Game 1 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
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The force was enough to send Romero flailing to the turf, bringing out a yellow card.— Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
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On his last day before he’s scheduled to ride off on his motorcycle for a three-month sabbatical that’s only barely disguising his suicidal ideation, Robby spends his final shift lashing out at his co-workers.— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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Things are not going well at the moment, so the president is lashing out.— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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She has been arrested for slashing her sister’s neck with a box cutter and biting the breast of a security guard outside a nightclub.— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
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While Sunbelt sellers are slashing prices to clear inventory, Ohio sellers are watching their equity grow.— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Quié kept getting up, sitting down, calling out to people in the street, checking on the kitchen, and whipping out his phone to film promotional videos.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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As Aubry points out, Cirie is out there whipping votes and changing almost everyone’s minds.— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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The team’s season began March 28, with the Glory thrashing the Seattle Majestics 41-2 in front of 794 fans at the Pembroke Hill School, breaking a team-attendance record.— PJ Green April 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
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Arsenal enters the match as the favorite, but Sporting has been resilient in the Champions League, rebounding from a 3-0 loss to tournament darlings Bodo/Glimt with a 5-0 thrashing in Lisbon.— Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
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The prospect of an acute and prolonged oil shortage threatened to drive up prices for a vast array of goods, sapping energy from consumer spending, which powers most of the nation's economic growth.— Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Sharply rising oil prices and sudden shortages of critical materials such as fertilizer can quickly permeate an economy and cause all kinds of goods and services to increase in price while sapping precious household income.— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Braining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/braining. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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