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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

All this is conveyed with immense brio, introducing many fascinating insights and characters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

Gawky and bespectacled but with the brio of a scrapper, Pearlman was dressed like a quintessential sports geek: black-and-yellow Pittsburgh Pirates hat and Pittsburgh Maulers shirt, the latter a long-gone professional football team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2025

Doesn’t con brio mean—well, what the devil does it mean?

From A Book of Burlesques by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken




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