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brio

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


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“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

But few writers could assemble dry facts and telling details with more gusto and brio.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2023

With narrative elegance, formal brio and exquisite feeling, Cooper ushers Felicia into the spotlight and sometimes shunts the attention-hogging Lenny off into the wings.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Other men have painted single heads as well or better: but Hals stands alone in his gusto, his abundance, his surpassing brio.

From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.




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