quicksilver

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Because Bordeaux's backline, marshalled by the quicksilver Mathieu Jalibert and laced with the pace of Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey, is the most dangerous in the competition off turnover ball and in broken field.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

Also known as quicksilver, mercury is a neurotoxin that can affect the nervous system and kidneys, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Above all, he was fast, possessed of that urgent, quicksilver sort of speed that carries with it an air of permanent menace.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2023

That day in Brighton, their hits were low, their energy was high and South Africa, try as they might, couldn't pin down Japan's quicksilver handling game.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

I had been on the other side of the river buying a dram of quicksilver and a pouch of sea salt.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss