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a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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While this burly Ford was no sports car, body roll was nicely planted for its stature on twisty Malibu canyon roads.
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Peter Nelson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Love, even romantic love (with the burly Icelandic man who is now renting the Miller farm), becomes possible as Sam recognizes that the way out is forward.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
But nothing in the city is ever truly private, attested to by the blurred, burly figure in a flat cap walking by and looking toward the photographer and, in consequence, at us.
—Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
And, in one of the picture’s smartest strokes of ingenuity, Ben gets caught using the ID of a dead guy by a burly bouncer (Darius ‘Nastyelgic’ Jackson) who happened to be a pallbearer at the funeral for its original owner.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Peter Nelson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Love, even romantic love (with the burly Icelandic man who is now renting the Miller farm), becomes possible as Sam recognizes that the way out is forward.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
But nothing in the city is ever truly private, attested to by the blurred, burly figure in a flat cap walking by and looking toward the photographer and, in consequence, at us.
—Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
And, in one of the picture’s smartest strokes of ingenuity, Ben gets caught using the ID of a dead guy by a burly bouncer (Darius ‘Nastyelgic’ Jackson) who happened to be a pallbearer at the funeral for its original owner.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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burly
adjective
bur·ly
ˈbər-lē 
burlier; burliest
: strongly and heavily built
a burly man
burliness
noun
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