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verve

[vurv] / vɜrv /


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Mr. Corrigan not only directs with verve, but he and his co-writer Hope Elliott Kemp also find sly ways to say things without saying them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

"Vijay carries a different kind of verve," says social scientist Shiv Visvanathan.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Public Assembly’s combination of structural rigor and verve gives its work a distinct sensibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

By Wednesday afternoon, the president had apparently decided to try to bring some of his verve and bombast to the White House’s East Room.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

The children eagerly copied the steps, and what they lacked in accuracy they made up for in verve.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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