spry
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Two days off between games left James looking spry, with lob dunks and dunks on the fast break contributing to his 21 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
“I named him the Visa God,” said Gopalakrishna, a spry 81-year-old who still works at the temple.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 15, 2025
As the multigenerational strands connect, Diaz’s spry narrative voice remains a constant, a propulsive mix of English, Spanish and Spanglish, an urban bouillabaisse of flavor and purpose.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
As the last rays of the sun disappeared, Borys, a spry and upright retired colonel of 70 who served 30 years in the Soviet army stopped on his way to his car.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
He was a spry, suave and very precise general who knew the circumference of the equator and always wrote “enhanced” when he meant “increased.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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