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
One expert studying the impact of the chemicals said it was "brilliant" to see how far the UK has come on this issue.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
If you want to understand just how brilliant this is, consider this: According to FactSet, there are 72 different analysts on Wall Street covering Nvidia.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Morton himself doesn’t solo here, but these cuts are often brilliant, exuberant examples of New Orleans jazz at its best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Down at Pier 57, the Great Wheel pinwheels and flashes through brilliant color patterns: electric violets, neon greens, siren reds.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
At its head was the Sacred Golden Crown, covered with brilliants, emeralds, rubies and turquoises.
From Time Magazine Archive
Archbishop Diaz stooped, puffed, fumbled, handed the brilliants pontifically to an attendant, and the fiesta went on.
From Time Magazine Archive
For her trouble the Turkish Government awarded her Turkey's highest aviation honor, a medal set with brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
The peasants, quivering with avarice, scuttle off to the appointed spot and dig up the treasure: an iron casket crammed with smoldering brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great emerald shone brightly like some vividly green star, Christina thought, and the brilliants with which it was set, sparkled and scintillated in the light.
From Christina by L. G. Moberly
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