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brio

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


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“Troublemaker” logs Mitford’s travels and transformations with brio, even while Ms. Kaplan details accounts of the civil-rights causes Mitford threw herself into.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

"Signed a hundred NDAs but I still say something," she snarls with punky brio over an Oh Mickey drumbeat.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

The Shangri-Las had six Top 40 singles between 1964 and 1966, all produced with brio by Mr. Morton.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

It leads by means of a stringendo bar to a brilliant Allegro con brio, a movement of which both the music and the technique remind one of Beethoven's bravoura style.

From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)




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