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brilliant

[bril-yuhnt] / ˈbrɪl yənt /




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He managed that with some brilliant scrambling and play around the greens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"This was just brilliant, this is what a great choir is all about - having fun, great song choices, great leader, seriously," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Gina: Has had a brilliant season with victories at Leopardstown and Cheltenham preceding a second-placed finish in the Cross Country race at the Festival.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

"From a US perspective, I would say the US was operationally brilliant but the conflict was strategically indecisive," said Singh, now managing director at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

There, he said, he planned to “draft a new letter to my potential investors. Racing wolves! Half-human child jockeys! It’s one brilliant moneymaking scheme after another!”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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