mercurial
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Mercurial and unreliable in the studio, Stewart would sometimes fall asleep on the couch during recording sessions or lie down in the vocal booth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Mercurial running back Najee Harris has struggles at times to put into words his frustration with the direction of the offense following losses.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Still, the decline was smaller than expected, according to analysts, thanks also to higher-priced product launches such as the LeBron 20s and Nike Mercurial shoes.
From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022
Mercurial and boy-faced, Ray wears turned-around ball caps and hunts elk with a bow.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2019
Mercurial Minima Thermometers desirable.—Alcohol does not expand equally for equal increments of heat, consequently errors are likely to exist in the scale indications unless the graduations are very accurately—not necessarily equally—made.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
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