This medium-length film, directed by Letourneur, brings a bracingly droll inventiveness to its tender intrigue.

NEWYORKER: The Shady Sailor

On the other hand, some of our current clients are doing a great job of being bracingly honest about themselves.

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This place felt bracingly unfamiliar, and it was ours alone to discover.

WSJ: Finding Stillness in a Roving Moroccan Retreat

Light and elegant, but also sweet, spicy and bracingly fresh, this dish has enough layers of flavor and texture to engage any palate.

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The movie has the sort of dry, bracingly unwholesome humor that relentless mayhem can produce if the characters are mean and abject enough and the storytelling is speedy and laconic.

NEWYORKER: El Mariachi