as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
he dropped a brick that had his friends helpless with laughter
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Recent Examples of brick
Archaeological evidence from sites such as Pope’s Creek Plantation in Virginia, the Washington family home, shows the presence of Dutch ceramics, clay pipes and yellow bricks.
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R. Grant Gilmore Iii,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
Throughout the wreckage, ordinary people were digging through fragments of brick and concrete with their bare hands, pulling out bodies.
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Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
This may be an automatic process, Rux said, or specific proteins might encourage the microtubule bricks to fill the gaps.
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Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Annie and her husband, Tommaso Cioni, drove the roughly ten minutes to Nancy’s sprawling brick ranch, ringed by cacti, in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood.
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Irin Carmon,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
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R. Grant Gilmore Iii,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
Throughout the wreckage, ordinary people were digging through fragments of brick and concrete with their bare hands, pulling out bodies.
—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
This may be an automatic process, Rux said, or specific proteins might encourage the microtubule bricks to fill the gaps.
—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Annie and her husband, Tommaso Cioni, drove the roughly ten minutes to Nancy’s sprawling brick ranch, ringed by cacti, in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood.
—
Irin Carmon,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick
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That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him.
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Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
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Third baseman Ryan McMahon also committed a throwing error, New York's 19th in its last 14 games.
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England is hoping karma is on its side after a famous goal-scoring error sealed a World Cup loss to Argentina 40 years ago at Azteca Stadium.
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Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also fallen foul of Germany’s World Cup elimination by Paraguay, after stumbling into a social media debacle following a communications blunder.
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“Brick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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