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a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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On my final evening in Manistique, in the parking lot of my hotel, Zak Allan, a burly guy who worked the streams for eleven years before joining the commission’s communications office, opened the back of his truck.
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Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The burly man exited his vehicle and started giving orders to Childs’ team.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
There are up to 20,000 rabid people raining down their emotions from all angles, a dozen sticks clattering, two dozen skates carving, all those burly bodies bumping into each other and banging into the boards, plus an endless stream of screaming and grunting and cursing.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Then, a burly man wearing a blue Patriots hat and white t-shirt approached her, extending a set of keys.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The burly man exited his vehicle and started giving orders to Childs’ team.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
There are up to 20,000 rabid people raining down their emotions from all angles, a dozen sticks clattering, two dozen skates carving, all those burly bodies bumping into each other and banging into the boards, plus an endless stream of screaming and grunting and cursing.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Then, a burly man wearing a blue Patriots hat and white t-shirt approached her, extending a set of keys.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burly. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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burly
adjective
bur·ly
ˈbər-lē 
burlier; burliest
: strongly and heavily built
a burly man
burliness
noun
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