brilliant
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Guscott was the laidback boy wonder of that brilliant England team, captained by Will Carling.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The staff are brilliant and it's where we live and go to the games.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
My 33-year-old daughter died in 2022 from metastatic melanoma, which had spread throughout her body and taken over her brilliant brain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The supposedly brilliant advice Baranov dishes out seems more like standard-issue punditry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
His brilliant blue eyes were as dark as the sea, and carried its same loneliness.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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