Brasil
1 Britishnoun
noun
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Unlike its central bank peers, Banco Central do Brasil is expected to cut rates.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Fire services spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Fabio Contreiras told CNN Brasil at the scene that it was unclear exactly how the accident unfolded.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Matches are treated as national events that reshape daily life, BBC Brasil reporter Iara Diniz explains.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Discussing the initiative were Karthik Ramanna, a business professor at the University of Oxford and a founder of the E-Ledgers Institute, and Gabriella Dorlhiac, secretary-general of the International Chamber of Commerce, Brasil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
“And I’ll hold you to that. Now tell me: What are you doing in this world? Is this where you came when we thought you were in Brasil or the Indies?”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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Hojeda arrived at the port where the brasil is, five days ago.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las
The Admiral ordered two or three caravels to be got ready, and sent Roldan with a force to prohibit the cutting of brasil wood, suspecting that Hojeda would load with it.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las
It produces silk, benzoin, lac, brasil, wax, and ivory.
From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander
He loketh as a sperhauk with his yën; Him nedeth nat his colour for to dyen With brasil, ne with greyn of Portingale.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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