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  • verb Present participle of broach.

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Examples

  • LOBBYISTS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED THAT SENIOR STAFFERS AREN'T COMPROMISING THEMSELVES TO BEG FOR MONEY - Sometimes Washington types become so thoroughly cocooned in the D.C. way of doing things that the idea of broaching conversation by discussing the current cinema and not someone's latest consulting project seems odd, tucked-in polo shirts become an acceptable fashion statement and Chris CIllizza's jokes are suddenly funny.

    HUFFPOST HILL - Rove-Linked Group Attacking Republicans Eliot Nelson 2011

  • LOBBYISTS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED THAT SENIOR STAFFERS AREN'T COMPROMISING THEMSELVES TO BEG FOR MONEY - Sometimes Washington types become so thoroughly cocooned in the D.C. way of doing things that the idea of broaching conversation by discussing the current cinema and not someone's latest consulting project seems odd, tucked-in polo shirts become an acceptable fashion statement and Chris CIllizza's jokes are suddenly funny.

    HUFFPOST HILL - Rove-Linked Group Attacking Republicans Eliot Nelson 2011

  • In the prologue to act v. Shakespeare foretold for Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex, the close friend of his patron Southampton, an enthusiastic reception by the people of London when he should come home after 'broaching' rebellion in Ireland.

    A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

  • I’ve toyed with the idea of broaching the subject of ID for some time now, and while I have skirted the issue in class, I’ve never developed a lecture for it, largely because I fully agree that it is non-science.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • I’ve toyed with the idea of broaching the subject of ID for some time now, and while I have skirted the issue in class, I’ve never developed a lecture for it, largely because I fully agree that it is non-science.

    The Discovery Institute Wins....I'm Doing What They Want Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • Then I asked Ham Jordan for advice on broaching the subject with Carter and Bell.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Then I asked Ham Jordan for advice on broaching the subject with Carter and Bell.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Engineers Work in Safety Harness "This process proceeds to within a few inches of the final surface, and then the finishing is done by a 'broaching' process.

    Modern Mechanix 2008

  • Then I asked Ham Jordan for advice on broaching the subject with Carter and Bell.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • "No, we don't have anything coming close to broaching that subject," new Communications Director Matt Inveo told me.

    Jason Salzman: Radio Host Says Republicans Trying to Shut Up Their Own Jason Salzman 2011

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