brilliant
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Bournemouth, meanwhile, pushed Liverpool all the way before falling to a gritty 1-0 defeat, with Alisson forced into a brilliant recovery stop to deny the Cherries an early opener.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
She was very bubbly and fun, but she had this brilliant mind and very high emotional intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“He was driven to create a space that would showcase the brilliant illustrators that he thought were too often overlooked and ignored,” Hobson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Right-hander Emmet Sheehan, who made 22 starts this season, came out of the bullpen for the first time Sunday and was brilliant in his audition for the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
A brilliant blue pendant hung from his neck, the same color as her mother’s.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
For her trouble the Turkish Government awarded her Turkey's highest aviation honor, a medal set with brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Hung against her poop like a great comb of brilliants, a huge electric sign F-R-A-N-C-E made the French Liner France a vessel unique as she moved through her Mediterranean cruise last' week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other items: > An agate bowl mounted in gold, fine stones, brilliants and rubies, with two enameled gold sirens, bearing baskets of fruit, poised on the rim.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here and there and everywhere, lakes, lagoons and wandering streams sparkled and danced in the sun glare like uncut brilliants on a bed of green velvet.
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Noel Sainsbury
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