brilliant
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Cleverly structured, it seemed difficult to adapt, but director RaMell Ross made it into a brilliant film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
It’s a dizzyingly brilliant measure of the versatility and depth of the acclaimed author’s literary talent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Each copy will contain a personal message from the Queen, who describes it as a "brilliant fantasy that will introduce you to a host of mythical friends and terrifying enemies".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Once DeChambeau holed that birdie putt on the 18th it was a dash back to the media centre to write about how brilliant he had played.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
She had brilliant gold hair braided into a circle at her crown, with wisps catching on the cowl and poking wildly out of the plait.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Suddenly, just before it was to be hoisted in place above the Virgin's portrait, sharp-eyed Archbishop Diaz saw two brilliants tumble to the altar.
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
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
Five days a week, 14 hours a day, he squints through nine newspapers and bends over his typewriter like a jeweler, chipping and polishing at the hard little brilliants for his program.
From Time Magazine Archive
The diamonds were paste, and Mr. Wogan at last understood why Lady Oxford, when she gave her miniature set with brilliants to the Parson, had been so anxious that he should never part with it.
From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew
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