quicksilver
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All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
But after that, Carpenter’s quicksilver timing and ease, plus a diverse set of sketches, put the episode over the top.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
Expect a similarly powerful forward pack, with some quicksilver runners and astute playmakers in the backline.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
Above all, he was fast, possessed of that urgent, quicksilver sort of speed that carries with it an air of permanent menace.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2023
In the Wampanoag confederation, one of these quicksilver communities was Patuxet, where Tisquantum was born at the end of the sixteenth century.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing quicksilver
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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"Coming of Age in the Dawnland," Vocabulary from the historical excerpt
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