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brio

[bree-oh, bree-aw] / ˈbri oʊ, ˈbri ɔ /


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The singers embraced the madness with brio, especially Mr. Liverman, who invited audience participation, including a singalong.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

“Troublemaker” logs Mitford’s travels and transformations with brio, even while Ms. Kaplan details accounts of the civil-rights causes Mitford threw herself into.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

"Signed a hundred NDAs but I still say something," she snarls with punky brio over an Oh Mickey drumbeat.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2025

My experience didn’t quite live up to Rich’s lavish praise, but I was indeed dazzled by Greenberg’s New York wit, which struck me as an acutely sensitive, off-angle version of George S. Kaufman’s Broadway brio.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2025

Doesn’t con brio mean—well, what the devil does it mean?

From A Book of Burlesques by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken




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