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brio

[bree-oh, bree-aw] / ˈbri oʊ, ˈbri ɔ /


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Mr. Jordan tells the story of Eisenhower and Churchill with great brio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I admire her brio to take on Bass and respect her place in L.A. political history.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

More than a year after the Russian invasion, a British humanitarian aid worker who traveled often to Ukraine returned to his Stratford base, bearing — with a measure of Shakespearean brio — extraordinary tidings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

She noted, however, that the "the novel is stripped of the endless, inventive discursions into folk-tale, backstory and verbal brio that characterise the best of Marquez".

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024

After two short, sonorous chords, which summon us to attention, the first theme, allegro con brio, with its elemental, swinging rhythm, is announced by the 'cellos.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond




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