impromptu
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At many companies, workers start whispering about possible cuts as soon as they spot leaders in impromptu huddles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Robbie Williams gave an impromptu performance outside a hotel in Peru's capital Lima, after his concert at stadium in the city was cancelled.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
MacArthur Park got an unexpected guest Tuesday: Justin Bieber, who joined several members of his band for an impromptu performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
At an impromptu press conference last week, US President Donald Trump waxed lyrical about his helipad, his ballroom and his granite paving stones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
That evening, I force myself into a dress to attend an impromptu ball with Thomas on my arm.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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For the first half, he joined three otherworldly impromptus — Drei Klavierstücke, Opus 946 — written in Schubert’s last months with the Third Sonata by the neglected Soviet composer Dmitri Kabalevsky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
For the occasion Mr. Lubimov looked at the forward end of the fortepiano repertory, beginning and ending with late Beethoven sonatas and offering a Glinka rarity and a pair of Schubert impromptus between them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2012
Chopin's four impromptus, often dismissed as salon pieces and rarely played as a group, completed an uncommonly interesting programme.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010
Mr. Kissin performs four polonaises and four impromptus with his customary crystalline technique, singing tone and generous rubato.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2010
Then from poetry he would turn to romances, fables, stories, epigrams, madrigals, logographs, acrostics, charades, enigmas, and impromptus; and he even wrote a comic opera.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
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