brisk
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The combination of thematic sincerity and confident visual sophistication makes for a strangely disarming, almost lyrical experience, closer to a poem than a film — a feeling amplified by the movie’s brisk length.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Afterward, take a brisk walk to L.A.’s most beautiful library, the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
They were divided into three groups for the yearlong intervention: baduanjin practice, self-directed exercise, or brisk walking.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
New York’s Citi Field has weathered its share of away-team blowouts over the years, but the crowd gathered on a brisk Sunday last fall was not prepared for the upset awaiting them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
The wind was whooshing along noisily and steadily at a brisk twenty-five miles an hour, but gusting to at least double that, and from ever-shifting directions.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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