Example Sentences

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Tirawi had told AFP in December 2023 that "a kind of rebellion" was brewing within the movement, as well as across other Palestinian factions.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Senior Federal Reserve officials were in a good mood in January 2020 — but danger was brewing on the other side of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Over at the Emirates Stadium a sub plot was brewing.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

Even as many Americans banded together around Roosevelt and the New Deal, anger was brewing.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

‘We feared that Saruman was brewing some new devilry for us.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien