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as in to storm
to express one's anger usually violently
the man bristled at the accusation, and threatened to file a lawsuit
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Recent Examples of bristle
Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Dry brushes made with boar hair bristles is ideal for daily use and exfoliation.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2024
India also bristled at the way one plank of the initiative—the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor—moved through territory that New Delhi insists belongs to India and is illegally occupied by Pakistan.
—Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Take the liner down, soak it in the tub with cool or lukewarm water and a little Dawn detergent, scrub it with a bristle brush and hang it back up to dry.
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—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Dry brushes made with boar hair bristles is ideal for daily use and exfoliation.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Verb
Clipper is now successfully on its multi-year journey to Europa, bristling with equipment to study the Jovian moon’s potential to support life—but just a few months ago, the mission was almost doomed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2024
India also bristled at the way one plank of the initiative—the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor—moved through territory that New Delhi insists belongs to India and is illegally occupied by Pakistan.
—Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bristle
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Cyclo fiber is currently produced in the company’s own factory in Bangladesh.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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Dietary fiber promotes healthy digestion, cholesterol levels, colon health, and more.5 Vitamin C Sources That Boost Your Immune System Many good sources of vitamin C support healthy immune system functioning.Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
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Also overnight Tuesday, Ukrainian forces struck an oil-loading pipeline which burst alight near the city of Bryansk, 60 miles north of the Ukrainian border, according to Ukraine's General Staff.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Or Shamar Joseph bursting through Australia in Brisbane.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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On the chart dated March 18, 2023, One Thing stormed atop both the all-genre Billboard 200 as well as Top Country Albums with a whopping 501,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week.Jim Asker, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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The plate seems to reference Oct. 7, when Hamas militants stormed into Israel, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping about 250.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Another argument that was brought up in the Reddit thread deals with aging parents, and how prime child-raising years are finite.Katie Grant, Parents, 12 Dec. 2024
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The current recall involves smaller travel mugs whose lid threads can shrink when encountering heat and torque, potentially causing the lid to detach while consumers are using the mugs.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Just as the late Peter Lorre’s bulging eyes remain his most enduring feature, teeth will be Carrey’s long after he’s gone.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Now my trimmings cabinet is a bulging mass of treasures awaiting their moment.Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2024
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The Franklin Fire started raging through the coastal California town on Monday, growing to nearly 4,000 acres by Wednesday afternoon.Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Her son left the family home in Hasaka in northern Syria in 2013 during one of the many escalations of the war which had at that point been raging for more than two years.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Checkered Chef Wire Cooling Rack Allowing cookies to cool properly before icing is the key to creating crisp borders, and the best way to do that is to transfer them to a wire cooling rack after baking.Maggie Horton, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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It's made from marbleized card stock paper that has been cut into identical leaf shapes, folded in half lengthwise, and glued to a wire wreath form so the leaves overlap slightly.Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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My cousin, for example, lives with four other twenty-somethings in a messy, buzzing apartment that’s not so different from college.Ivy Becker, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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Why have all these drones been buzzing around the skies in New Jersey?Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Bristle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bristle. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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