brilliant
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Igor Jesus: Had a great chance early on and his hold up play was brilliant for Ndoye's goal.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Agrippa, a brilliant warrior on land, proves as formidable at sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Currie described Parton 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. 26, 2026
Professors remember him as one of the most brilliant undergraduates they ever met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ama finishes the insignia and steps back as it glows a brilliant purple.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
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
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
The plumes of their caps and brooches at their necks are glittering with brilliants and rubies, but all make way for them in sign of respect.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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