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Chow, 41, is a Cambridge-educated lawyer who represented herself at the trial, speaking at a brisk pace and responding to questions quickly.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
South Korea’s economic growth has been strengthened by brisk, AI-fueled demand for semiconductor and electronics exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The weather looks decidedly mixed for these events, with a fresher feel, brisk winds - especially in the south - and the likelihood of rain at times.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
They’ve risen for four straight months at a brisk pace.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Capital boys, aren’t they? I feel quite young and brisk again after that.” said Jo, strolling along with her hands behind her, partly from habit, partly to conceal the bespattered parasol.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
While heatwave conditions will continue across many parts of England and Wales through this coming week, a brisker wind means temperatures have dropped a degree or two relative to recent days.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
From time to time I’ll make an exception and settle into a relative page-turner: nothing with cliffhangers or lots of hand-to-hand combat, mind you, but with a brisker narrative pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
We would be in a better place if the speed had been brisker.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023
“Fan reaction has been positive to the brisker pace with more action. And players have made a great adjustment to the changes.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
One morning there was a different smell in the air, and the ship was moving oddly, with a brisker rocking from side to side instead of the plunging and soaring.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Mid-Atlantic region unexpectedly accelerated in August to the briskest pace since April and firms reported input price pressures eased to the lowest since late 2020.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2022
The planets are putting on an amazing celestial show nightly, and many regions of the country are about to host some of the briskest bird traffic of the year.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
Ms. Mearns, never rushed by this, creates marvelous dynamic variety within it, often finding time to phrase with seeming slowness, while rising to its briskest passages as if riding the full power of a wave.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2015
British factories followed Asia's lead, increasing activity at the fastest rate in seven months while creating new jobs in at the briskest pace in more than three years.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2014
The plot of ground was in a high, dry, open enclosure, where there were forty or fifty such pieces, and where labour was at its briskest when the hired labour of the day had ended.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
And so she pulled her hat further over her face, and brisked up her steps in the direction of the BRAUSTRASSE—a street which she disliked, and never entered if she could avoid it.
From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson
She brisked up with a kittenish purr when disturbed, and remarked that the Hengishire air was like champagne.
From Red Money by Fergus Hume
As I brisked out of bed the following morning at half-after six, I could not but wonder rather nervously what the day might have in store for me.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
Now, however, she brisked up, and insisted upon hearing the whole story.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
Mrs. Rachel sighed, and then brisked up again.
From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
“Oh rather,” he assented, brisking up at the prospect of a row.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
As I write, the breeze is brisking up, doors are beginning to slam, and shutters; a strong draught sweeps round the balcony; it looks doubtful for to-morrow.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The two friends entered The Hague, brisking up their pace and stepping gallantly abreast.
From The Blue Pavilions by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
As I write the breeze is brisking up, doors are beginning to slam: and shutters; a strong draught sweeps round the balcony; it looks doubtful for to-morrow.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Such a charming musical evening—such a treat!" said she, brisking up, and quite unaware of what had been passing round her the last two hours.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
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