brilliant
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He managed that with some brilliant scrambling and play around the greens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
There hadn’t been a single hole-in-one at the Masters since 2022, when Stewart Cink carded one on the 16th—the same hole Lowry had aced six years earlier with a brilliant 8-iron.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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
"You have to work hard to give fans a brilliant experience so they want to keep coming back."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The sea was a grayish blue, deepening gradually to a brilliant turquoise with the rising sun shining on the waves.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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