spry
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The lean, athletic Mr. Herzog, 83 years old, seems as spry and eager as ever, and his global enthusiasm remains a force of nature in itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Pilates, once a week in L.A., helps keep her spry.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
“I named him the Visa God,” said Gopalakrishna, a spry 81-year-old who still works at the temple.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 15, 2025
As the last rays of the sun disappeared, Borys, a spry and upright retired colonel of 70 who served 30 years in the Soviet army stopped on his way to his car.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
“Not the face, Nina. I need him mobile, not pretty. Heal him fast and only enough to get him walking for now. I don’t want him spry enough to vex us.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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