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“I think the markets will brush it off as political noise and gesturing,” said Richard Steinberg, chief market strategist of Focus Partners Wealth, in an interview Saturday.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

But the most likely outcome is that people will brush these warnings aside and answer them with braggadocio of the type “America is not for sale.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

And speaking of rats: Sometimes, reaching deep into a trash can in search of a bottle, a worker will brush against an unwelcome surprise.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2024

After inching closer to each other in the eastern sky each evening from mid-July to mid-August, Mars will brush past Jupiter by less than the width of a full moon.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Pearl kissed him again, and gave him one more hug, before she said, "It is clean dirt, Ma, and it will brush off, and I just couldn't wait; but sure and it's clean dirt anyway."

From Purple Springs by McClung, Nellie L.