mercurial
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President Donald Trump has a notably mercurial personality.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Gorka can be remarkably candid and mercurial for a senior official with such a sensitive remit, according to hours of his public remarks reviewed by ProPublica.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
They are, instead, lacunas to be reckoned with, stemming from the abiding obscurity of human psychology and deepened by the mercurial, ever-fading state of memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The mercurial striker last played for his country in October 2023.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Under the punishment inflicted by the Council his mercurial spirit had fallen low and he had become the apathetic wretch the sight of whom had so much shocked Bigwig.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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