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Clean your grill grate with a wire brush — a balled-up piece of aluminum foil works, too.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Mr. Carluccio held court with passers-by, as he squirted the paint onto the bumpy canvas, and then used a coarse wire brush to work it into the rough contours of the cover’s crevices and ridges.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2018
At the Spring Avenue house, he took out all the original door knobs, soaked them and cleaned them with a wire brush.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2017
Use a wire brush to remove dirt and concrete chips, then thoroughly clean the concrete.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2016
I have a wire brush I use to clean the sinks.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
A power drill or grinder motor with a wire-brush attachment will save a lot of elbow grease, but smaller tools can be taken care of by hand.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2014
He is a tall, thin man with a wire-brush shock of cherry-soda colored hair and a look of permanent seriousness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2011
The wire-brush never flags; And what's the result?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
Through the long aching minutes nothing whatever happened, and her wire-brush tail returned slowly to its proper shape.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
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