brilliant
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In May 2024, an extraordinary solar storm sent brilliant auroras across skies in parts of the world where the northern and southern lights are rarely visible.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
You can thank Wall Street and its brilliant conventional wisdom, which advises everyone to invest in the same index funds on the theory that they are diversified, even when they aren’t.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
It will disenfranchise you to the extremes, no matter how brilliant you are, and you’ll be so dispossessed that you actually lose sight of your own significance, your own talent and impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
After such a brilliant start and end to the season following his arrival in January, the wheels have come off spectacularly this term with only three wins from 15 matches in all competitions.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The video snapped off and a brilliant blue filled the screen.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
For her trouble the Turkish Government awarded her Turkey's highest aviation honor, a medal set with brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
She finally disclosed that she had made it herself out of some old tulle and brilliants she "found around the house" and it "represented absolutely nothing at all."
From Time Magazine Archive
At its head was the Sacred Golden Crown, covered with brilliants, emeralds, rubies and turquoises.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five days a week, 14 hours a day, he squints through nine newspapers and bends over his typewriter like a jeweler, chipping and polishing at the hard little brilliants for his program.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lace tumbled in soft cascades over his claw-like fingers; a white sash and star, 304 set with brilliants, covered his breast; a gorgeous stock glittered under the fluffy lace at his withered throat.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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