Definition of scintillating
:brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty
- a scintillating conversation
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The Anfield club come into to this one on the back of a scintillating 4-2 victory over Bundesliga side Hoffenheim in their Champions League second leg tie on Wednesday evening, and will hope to carry this same form into this marquee tie.
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Mo Farah launched the world championships in scintillating fashion Friday with another consummate 10,000-meter victory that further embellished his claim to being the greatest distance racer.
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The striker, on-loan at Bristol City, has been in scintillating form for the Robins this season.
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Arturo and Deborah Keller, honored as collectors of the year, are bringing a scintillating group of cars from their private collection in California, which is not open to the public.
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The band's scintillating grooves helped that glow grow.
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Miss Sloane (July 19) Jessica Chastain is riveting as a Washington, DC lobbyist who takes on her old firm over a new gun-control law in this scintillating political thriller from director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love).
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The paths might not have been without hiccups (especially for Video Assistant Referees!), but a rather drab group stage in Russia's World Cup tune-up has given way to a pair of scintillating semifinals that will produce a final worth watching.
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Dalilah Muhammad led a scintillating 400-meter hurdles competition, Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs threw haymakers at each other in a crowd-pleasing shot put and collegiate star Daejah Stevens upset world leader Tori Bowie in the women's 200.
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