quicksilver

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Music director and conductor Stephen Oremus maintained the production’s high musical standards, bringing out the extensive palette of a rock score with quicksilver moods.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Dupont, France's quicksilver XV-a-side captain, surprised the rugby world when he swapped the 2024 Six Nations for a shot at seven-a-side Olympic glory.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

Together, the combination of big target man Withe and quicksilver Shaw alongside him turned Villa first into league champions in May 1981, then European champions in 1982.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Prosecutors, too, seemed sometimes frustrated by both the quicksilver pace of her answers — she is a fast talker, with little filter — and the consistent objections by the defense, many of which Merchan upheld.

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

I pressed my forehead against the mirror’s cold surface, poised my fingers over it, feeling as if any moment I’d sink through the pane as though it were a pool of quicksilver.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros