as in grinds
to reduce to fine particles
bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle
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Recent Examples of brays
Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
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The villas are new but already feel ancient (in the best possible way), pitched in a jumble of sugarcane fields, date palms, and donkey brays bellowing from the adjoining farm.
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But Kingstown grinds him up through the prison riots, through being fired from his job to accidentally being responsible for the death of his mother.—
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But Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby mustered just two shot attempts apiece, spending their time watching idly as the Knicks offense incessantly grinds into a standstill.—
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Late that afternoon, Flint was sitting quietly against his tree and using a Primos can call to make bleats.—
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Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds.—
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Burrell pounds his way down to the four-yard line.—
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The man simply pounds the zone.—
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Diaz leaving town crushes the Mets' bullpen going forward.—
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And while many television shows about teenagers tend to focus on physical appearance, crushes, and drama, this series explores how the characters learn to embrace and use their own unique gifts, to work collaboratively, and solve problems that require critical thinking.—
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But this has been a glorious year regardless of whether Miami beats the Indiana-Oregon winner or not.—
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That beats using a garage or carport.—
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
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The debris — space rocks known as meteoroids — collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
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The duo jumped and screamed in celebration, with their dogs joining the fun with a few barks and squeals.—
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Peppermint is a classic option, but the world of chocolate barks is so much broader than just that one flavor.—
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As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.—
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“Brays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brays. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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