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nimble

[nim-buhl] / ˈnɪm bəl /


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Appeared in the March 24, 2026, print edition as 'A Nimble Reset'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The omnipresent Emcee, a queer Jack Be Nimble, can’t be dragged to the camps because he is a thematic stage presence, more a spirit than a depicted personage with a before/during/after narrative governed by reality.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

Nimble pivots were central to the entire process.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Nimble game show contestants prevail against impossible odds and Sze nails the Guggenheim challenge with “Timelapse,” her installation of sculpture, video, paintings, photographs, plants and hardware-store supplies stacked, dangled and stretched throughout the museum.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Hermod the Nimble rode for nine days and nine nights without stopping.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman




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