21.   His family also had a brush with a potentially fatal disease.

22.   His son, Cameron, had a brush with substance abuse that found its way into the tabloids.

23.   How come only rich entertainers who have a brush with death are allowed to hobnob with the righteous and famous?

24.   I must admit that I, too, had a brush with idiocy in trying to get a good picture.

25.   I had some brush to clear last summer, so I sent away to a catalogue company for a machete.

26.   It is said that about half the American population will have a brush with mental illness during their lifetime.

27.   Is there anyone who has not had a brush with the miraculous?

28.   It is true that Hoffman has had brushes with notoriety.

29.   Kidd has had his brushes with the law, and even Michael Jordan has had to navigate rough waters of embarrassing revelations.

30.   Not unexpectedly for a man who has had so many brushes with the news media, Penn said he despises the tabloid press.