brilliant
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Igor Jesus: Had a great chance early on and his hold up play was brilliant for Ndoye's goal.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Agrippa, a brilliant warrior on land, proves as formidable at sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Glen Bridock said he was "a fan of the Rocket" and thought the design looked "brilliant".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Professors remember him as one of the most brilliant undergraduates they ever met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
There, he said, he planned to “draft a new letter to my potential investors. Racing wolves! Half-human child jockeys! It’s one brilliant moneymaking scheme after another!”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
The peasants, quivering with avarice, scuttle off to the appointed spot and dig up the treasure: an iron casket crammed with smoldering brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
For her trouble the Turkish Government awarded her Turkey's highest aviation honor, a medal set with brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
At its head was the Sacred Golden Crown, covered with brilliants, emeralds, rubies and turquoises.
From Time Magazine Archive
Archbishop Diaz stooped, puffed, fumbled, handed the brilliants pontifically to an attendant, and the fiesta went on.
From Time Magazine Archive
His eyes were fixed on the bracelet-clasp: he noticed, with extreme surprise, that his initials were traced on it, in lines of brilliants.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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