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Etymology
Origin of brewing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at brew, -ing 1
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Unfortunately, a broader conflict seems to be brewing.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
This doesn’t mean that residents have access to a kind of Megan’s Law list to be able to find out who is brewing what chemistry concoctions in their neighborhoods, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Alessi added that a brewing "super" El Nino in the equatorial Pacific could also be influencing the heat dome.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Another battle is brewing over U.S. stocks of Army weapons and equipment kept in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
A sense of power was brewing in those eyes of hers, a feeling of great strength was settling itself deep inside her eyes.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
So what more natural than they would one day talk over endless coffeepots into innumerable midnights, and out of all the talk and the bitter brewings would come—the House of Usher.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
She came with a bad character enough, accused of bewitching men to their death, spoiling brewings and churnings, and hurting cattle and corn—of being, in fact, a terrible pest to the whole neighbourhood.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
This being so, the chief manufacture of the year is carried on in the month of September, the September string-makings being analogous to October brewings.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George
I had just enough left for two brewings, so after drinking the tea I preserved the leaves for further use, wrapping them carefully in a bit of rag.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon
And here is a tale of the crafty Ogs, In their neighbouring land of Podge; Of their sayings and doings and plottings and brewings, And something about Sir Stodge.
From The Glugs of Gosh by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)
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