Her previous brush with conventional family life had been short-lived.

His only previous brush with the law was in March 1994, when he was arrested on a gun possession charge that was later dropped.

Most of them, like Dr. Ruder, had had no previous brush with the law.

In two previous brushes with steroid infractions, tennis came to disparate conclusions.

Mr. Friedman, however, has had previous brushes with the Medicaid program.

In previous brushes with Hezbollah, few people went to shelters.

Mickey Harel, the driver of the bus, who escaped by jumping out a window, said he had three previous brushes with terrorist violence.

Given my previous brush with accusations of witchcraft, I had been very careful.

Her one previous brush with "Alice" was in the fourth grade.

One of the boys may have had a previous brush with crime.