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Recent Examples of brass ring
It’s made with a thick polyurethane — a solid plastic that is strong with some flexibility, and a lead-free brass ring.
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Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
Editor’s picks The Machine is Bert Kreischer’s bid for grabbing the big-screen-stardom brass ring, taking his infamous anecdote and turning it into a meta-action-comedy perfectly tailored to his stage persona.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
Once upon a time, getting a job in a TV writers’ room was a brass ring of its own.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 May 2023
Comedy specials are traditionally a brass ring for rising comedians.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 7 Mar. 2023
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Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
Editor’s picks The Machine is Bert Kreischer’s bid for grabbing the big-screen-stardom brass ring, taking his infamous anecdote and turning it into a meta-action-comedy perfectly tailored to his stage persona.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
Once upon a time, getting a job in a TV writers’ room was a brass ring of its own.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 May 2023
Comedy specials are traditionally a brass ring for rising comedians.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 7 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass ring
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Despite its end, the data will be a treasure trove that physicists will mine for discoveries for many years to come.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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Today’s Amazon deals are a treasure trove of must-have tech that’ll level up your home setup for sure.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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His 2021 Spring Street Cabernet Sauvignon is inky purple colored with aromas of red plum, black currant, and a touch of crushed violet petals.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
17 Apr. 2025
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This starts with boysenberry and black plum, before moving into allspice, clove, savory meaty notes, black tea, forest floor, and concluding with a faint hint of minerally sea salt.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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From towering catamarans racing at 60mph to $12.8m in prize money.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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King’s relentless advocacy and refusal to accept the status quo made the U.S. Open the first major tournament to offer equal prize money in 1973.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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This loaded salad featuring mozzarella pearls, cherry tomatoes, and salumi, is hearty and flavorful enough to make a quick but satisfying dinner.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
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These are the attention-grabbing pieces that get layered over the base—pearls, multicolored gems, beads, etc.—
Daisy Shaw-Ellis,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Trump White House has overhauled the Oval Office with striking new gold trimming on portrait frames and tables.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Both her documentary and Farhadi’s narrative feature were inspired by a real-life incident in 2011 in which a man in Iran on furlough from a debtors’ prison found a bag of gold coins and returned them to their owner rather than keeping them for himself.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
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Looting has been happening for centuries, but today’s criminals have turned to advanced technologies—including sonar, drones and underwater metal detectors—to pluck treasure from shipwrecks and other ancient sites beneath the Mediterranean Sea, per the AP.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Beachcombers and seashell hunters will appreciate the opportunity to find little treasures washed ashore.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
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No, no one else won the jackpot, Match 5 + Power Play $2 million prize, or the Match 5 $1 million prize.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Maybe this year, in homage to Keith, mark this momentous occasion by spinning his many songs while serving up a Kentucky bourbon pie and rooting for Render Judgment to take the top prize at Louisville's famed Churchill Downs track.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2025
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Its national parks often steal the spotlight, but the Golden State's state parks are hidden gems that offer sights, experiences, and landscapes that rival their national counterparts.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2025
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After his Game 5 gem, Yamamoto was solid again in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series (4⅓ innings, two runs, eight strikeouts) and terrific in Game 2 of the World Series (6⅓ innings, one run, four strikeouts), serving as the backbone of a shorthanded, championship-winning pitching staff.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Brass ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20ring. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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