brilliant
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A tiny fish with brilliant orange markings has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, but scientists warn that the newly identified species may already be at risk of extinction.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Masterful architects of broad political philosophies, brilliant purveyors of partisan feeling—the New Deal and the Reagan Revolution were among our most formidable vote-getting movements—Roosevelt and Reagan were also pragmatists skilled in the art of governance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Following these rules will not make you an instantly brilliant investor.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
Machover’s brilliant new half-hour orchestral score asks AI for agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
This wasn’t Clara, not the one he knew, the girl who was a brilliant business owner and too uptight and looked like she’d walked straight out of an old silent film.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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
For her trouble the Turkish Government awarded her Turkey's highest aviation honor, a medal set with brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other items: > An agate bowl mounted in gold, fine stones, brilliants and rubies, with two enameled gold sirens, bearing baskets of fruit, poised on the rim.
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
There will be necklaces of ill-spent moments, like the faded brilliants exhumed from old Pompeii, with lots of broken hopes and thwarted destinies.
From Rosemary and Rue by Amber
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