brilliant
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Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick and nearly added a brilliant fourth as Manchester United came from behind to beat Ipswich.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Agrippa, a brilliant warrior on land, proves as formidable at sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"The brilliant, hilarious, hysterically funny, magician of artistry has left us," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
She described her as a "brilliant businesswoman, but also an iconic investor and a real example to women about the power of what happens if women are financially independent".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A brilliant flash followed a second later by an explosion that shook the bed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The peasants, quivering with avarice, scuttle off to the appointed spot and dig up the treasure: an iron casket crammed with smoldering brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
She finally disclosed that she had made it herself out of some old tulle and brilliants she "found around the house" and it "represented absolutely nothing at all."
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
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
They had a plate made with brilliants that spelled “Franklin, Model G,” and put on to the space left for the name in the cup.
From Letters of the Motor Girl by Ethellyn Gardner
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