brilliant
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Stafford Hopkins is good-looking, brilliant, successful and stinking rich.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The two stars lead a beautifully performed Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play about the daughter of a brilliant mathematician.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Cox says it's "brilliant" that co-star Alan Cumming has taken over as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, but his own packed schedule means he's unable to appear in any future shows.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
"This was just brilliant, this is what a great choir is all about - having fun, great song choices, great leader, seriously," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
She could see beads of brilliant light through the weave of the scarf.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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