quicksilver

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"Christian Cullen," Halse said, referencing the quicksilver All Black full-back who scored 46 tries in 58 Tests for New Zealand.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

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

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

All Narnia, many-colored with lawns and rocks and heather and different sorts of trees, lay spread out below them, the river winding through it like a ribbon of quicksilver.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis