Word of the Day: broach

The word broach has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 6 in “Told to ‘Find Arthur,’ I Stumbled Upon My Future at the U.S. Open” by Kurt Streeter:

Bollettieri thought for a moment, then he motioned for me to come closer. “Find Arthur,” he instructed, “and ask if he will help.” Bollettieri meant Arthur Ashe, whose Wimbledon win had sparked my tennis ambition. The two had teamed up to help other minority players attend the academy.

If Arthur would fund part of it, Bollettieri said he would also help.

I ended up asking my father to find Ashe and broach Bollettieri’s idea. It seemed too daunting a task for me to pull off. But dad always pushed me, always looked for ways to help me stand on my own two feet. He had taught himself tennis after his college basketball career ended, and pretty much insisted I learn tennis too. Now he told me it was my job, and mine alone, to make the pitch.

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