brilliant
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She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The extreme heat instantly vaporizes nearby air and materials, creating a brilliant, expanding cloud of gas and plasma.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
"It was just like going to meet a friend. They were brilliant," she added.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere and Katherine Waterson round out a top-notch cast in this adaptation of Eric Rochant’s brilliant French series “Le Bureau des Legendes.”
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
The screen faded to a brilliant blue and my bike-a-thon flyer appeared.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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