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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

With unapologetic brio, Tortorici, cinematographer Massimiliano Kuveiller and editor Marco Costa empty out their tool kit of angles, splits, tracks, smudges, zooms, smashes, jumps, needle drops, montages and text cards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

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

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

The Shangri-Las had six Top 40 singles between 1964 and 1966, all produced with brio by Mr. Morton.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

They are both such handsome people, and threw such wonderful brio, as they would call it, into the affair.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida




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