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Intrigued, McCreary listened to Sepultura’s folk-infused Brazilian death metal and loved it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Just this week, Trump slapped sweeping new tariffs on 60 trading partners and saw 25-percent duties take effect on Brazilian products.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
And despite a World Cup last-16 exit at the hands of Norway, the Brazilian Football Confederation confirmed the 67-year-old will remain in charge of the five-time world champions.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
From coconut sellers to billionaires, more than 90% of Brazilian adults—more than 140 million people—regularly use PIX, a government-run program that allows users to transfer money in seconds on cellphones at no cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Danny couldn’t understand Brazilian Portuguese, but he liked the musical sound of it.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
I felt for the brazilian fans because the germans were merciless but Brazil were awful and Luiz was a disaster as captain .
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2014
In 2025, 25.2 million Brazilians placed bets, in a country of 213 million inhabitants, according to official data.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
A decent crowd, mostly made up of Brazilians, had assembled.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
"Are you sure the Brazilians are playing in Haiti? It sounds like the Brazilians are at home," Haitian journalist Pierre Richard Midy remembers his foreign friends asking him.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Brazilians will pack into a Queens restaurant where samba dancers provide pregame entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Instead, the Brazilians looked at the fourth main haplogroup—Haplogroup A is its unimaginative name—which is almost completely absent from Siberia but found in every Native American population.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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