brilliant
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Two brilliant — and quite different — economists recently made this point far better than I could.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The extreme heat instantly vaporizes nearby air and materials, creating a brilliant, expanding cloud of gas and plasma.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
The archive clips rolled out every World Cup make it feel like you were at the Azteca watching the brilliant Brazilians dispatch Italy - their beautifully simple yellow shirts a masterpiece of footballing folklore.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The sun was setting behind the brilliant green hills of the Andean countryside.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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