brilliant
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Marty Ehrlich releases an expansive album that highlights the brilliant body of work left behind by the saxophonist and composer, who died in 1995.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Bishop said: "I went out for a motorbike ride with Tim Peake, who's a brilliant lad and a great cyclist. I learnt a lesson today. Astronauts are better motorcyclists than comedians."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
On a brilliant August afternoon, retired architect Tyler Smith hops into his “beach car”— a dented and sandy RAV4 with 130,000 miles on it—and maneuvers onto a grassy farm road on Martha’s Vineyard’s south shore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
And further quality arrived in the shape of Iliman Ndiaye from Everton for £65m, the brilliant Morocco 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi, who cost £85.6m from Lille, as well as Allan Elias from Palmeiras in Brazil.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Not only do they get me more books—including one about whales with full-color glossy pictures—but they have a brilliant idea, too.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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For her trouble the Turkish Government awarded her Turkey's highest aviation honor, a medal set with brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
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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
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Cardinal Mazarin was the first who intrusted his Indian rose-diamonds to the hands of European cutters in order to have them shaped into brilliants.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Mrs Goddard Orpen
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