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quicksilver

[kwik-sil-ver] / ˈkwɪkˌsɪl vər /




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Kildunne's positional switch may give her quicksilver running skills more scope to shine out wide, but she will have to get to grips quickly with the different defensive demands of the role.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

But one challenge can make the whole exercise feel like quicksilver.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

Simpson’s trial coincided with the internet becoming an established phenomenon, which would decisively upend the already shrinking world of hard Gutenberg print and lean into the ephemeral, quicksilver phantoms of a digital web.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

His motion reminded me of quicksilver rolling from a jar onto a tabletop: effortless and supple.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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