[Ads-l] Fwd: Elderly bear

[Dennis During]

Wiktionary has two verb definitions of "brunt", but neither seem to take
complements headed by "of"

(transitive <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive>,
rare <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare>) To bear the
brunt of; to weather <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weather> or withstand
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/withstand>.
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   - *1859*, George Meredith <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meredith>,
   chapter 7, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son.
    […] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ordeal_of_Richare_Feverel>,
   volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_%26_Hall>, OCLC
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC> 213819910
   <https://worldcat.org/oclc/213819910>:
   "… I say." Ripton resumed the serious intonation, "do you think they'll
   ever suspect us?"
   "What if they do? We must *brunt* it."
   *We brunted the storm.*

- (intransitive
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive>, obsolete
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete>) To make a
violent <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/violent> attack
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attack> or charge
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charge>.


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From: Bwh031451 <bwh031451 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 7:47 AM
Subject: Elderly bear
To: <ADS-L at listserv.uga.edu>


>From The Guardian:
“elderly bear brunt of Hurricane Ian…”
Turns out, the article was not about elderly bear(s) injured in the
hurricane. (It is not known whether any were injured or killed.)

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