brilliant

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Intimidating and brilliant, his Julian Sklar is by turns amusingly viperish and not quite successful at concealing the softness of age.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

"Our football loses not only a brilliant tactician, but a mentor, a visionary, and a national symbol who carried the tricolour to the highest peaks of global success."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“From a margin basis, it’s probably not the most brilliant thing in the world,” Haywood said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

At one such dinner, the conversation had focused on brilliant Adek, who had made top student.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman