31.   On his way to New Mexico, Mel has a brush with some hard-nosed agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

32.   People who have known Adams in recent years say he has had frequent brushes with trouble.

33.   Phillips, who grew up in a West Covina group home, has had several brushes with the law.

34.   Ramirez, who has a shaved head and is more than six feet tall, has had previous brushes with the law.

35.   Recently, this industry icon had a brush with death.

36.   San Juan is a typically baseball-loving Caribbean city and has already had one brush with the minors.

37.   See, we even had a brush of controversy.

38.   Several players have had brushes with stalkers over the past few years, including, most recently, Serena Williams.

39.   Several times, Jordan recalls, he had close brushes with death.

40.   Several of the women have had frightening brushes with serious illness.