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She played with skill and verve.
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Photo: David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images Popular music of the ’70s and ’80s mixed and matched parts assembled earlier in the 20th century, borrowing from the melisma of soul, the locomotion of rock and roll, the improvisational verve of jazz, and the compositional depth of classical music.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
And yet the fundamentals that guide her column are all here: New Yorkers who live with verve and bring their highly specific, sometimes obsessive sensibility to their homes.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 26 Dec. 2024
Documentaries have started to ask better questions and depict people with disabilities with verve, wit and no small measure of anger and flaws.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
The result is a visually sensational picture, its dynamic verve seeming to embody the life of natural forms.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
And yet the fundamentals that guide her column are all here: New Yorkers who live with verve and bring their highly specific, sometimes obsessive sensibility to their homes.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 26 Dec. 2024
Documentaries have started to ask better questions and depict people with disabilities with verve, wit and no small measure of anger and flaws.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
The result is a visually sensational picture, its dynamic verve seeming to embody the life of natural forms.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Verve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verve. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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verve
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: lively enthusiasm
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