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scintillate

verb as in twinkle

verb as in glimmer

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Goal machine Erling Haaland continued his scintillating scoring form by scoring both of City's goals, but was scathing in his assessment of the performance.

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But Europe claimed 1½ points from those two rubbers to end a scintillating day three points ahead.

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The system Amorim plays, in his 3-4-3 formation, is OK if you are winning or playing scintillating football but at the moment United are doing neither.

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But quashing that speculation would likely require content more scintillating than this drivel.

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Spurs were scintillating on their visit here last November and inflicted a 4-0 thrashing, but they were given a helping hand on this occasion and it was one they gleefully accepted.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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