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mercurial

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Many people who knew her described her as unstable and mercurial.

The mercurial Spaniard had become the first European to win the Masters in 1980, adding to his 1979 Open triumph, but was at loggerheads with the tour over appearance fees.

From BBC

But after an encouraging week against the last-place Colorado Rockies, the Dodgers’ mercurial offense once again went missing.

It is the story of Mary Roy, her formidable, mercurial mother: feminist icon, educator, crusader, eccentric, bully, inspiration.

From BBC

As Timothy, an old acting school buddy of the Clooney-esque Kelly, Crudup brings a mercurial intensity to a pivotal early scene that begins with warmth and ends in rage.

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