brilliant
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“Wives” shares some of the same impulses of Caryl Churchill’s brilliant, time-hopping feminist comedy “Top Girls,” but the comparison isn’t really a fair one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Around the islands, shallow waters glow in brilliant shades of turquoise, contrasting sharply with the dark blue of the deeper surrounding ocean.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
How in the world New York got lucky enough to employ a brilliant bureaucrat with the twin passions of law enforcement and rat control is a question that may never be answered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
This is the brilliant way writer-director Jesse Eisenberg thrusts us into his third — and best — feature, “The Debut,” screening at this year’s New York Film Festival and premiering in theaters December 11.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Its open wings were like majestic fans with tan feathers at the base overlapping black ones, and its wingtips were silhouetted on either side like open fingers against the brilliant blue sky.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Hung against her poop like a great comb of brilliants, a huge electric sign F-R-A-N-C-E made the French Liner France a vessel unique as she moved through her Mediterranean cruise last' week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Archbishop Diaz stooped, puffed, fumbled, handed the brilliants pontifically to an attendant, and the fiesta went on.
From Time Magazine Archive
For her trouble the Turkish Government awarded her Turkey's highest aviation honor, a medal set with brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly, just before it was to be hoisted in place above the Virgin's portrait, sharp-eyed Archbishop Diaz saw two brilliants tumble to the altar.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Union League Club presented him a beautiful sword, the scabbard of gold and silver, and the hilt set in brilliants.
From Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah K. Bolton
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