bravura

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Had Brontë survived past 30, she might have worked yet-greater literary marvels, but as it is she left us with “Wuthering Heights,” a bravura work of melodrama published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

At that stage, Strategy was sitting on unrealized losses of almost $5 billion and despite public displays of bravura and a refusal to contemplate selling, the pressure on Strategy’s stock price was relentless.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

"The main thing I wanted was the sense of empathy you felt for Teddy," he said of the lead character, played with characteristic bravura by the always-watchable Jesse Plemons.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

If we lived in a rational world, Fiennes’ bravura comic-manic performance would earn him an Oscar nomination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

On August 13, at an S-l meeting on his home turf in Berkeley, Ernest delivered another bravura presentation on the Rad Lab’s progress.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik