cunning
Example Sentences
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It's not the first time David and Daniel have worked together, as the actor helped launch David's podcast, Cunning Stunts, which features interviews with other stunt doubles, in 2020.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023
“We’re seeing temperatures now that are even higher than what we normally see at peak, which is what makes this particularly scary,” Cunning said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
“He is in every Brazilian,” said Duke University historian John French, the author of “Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022
Boochani describes the story as autobiographical and true, but most of the characters in the book are composites with nicknames: the Prime Minister, the Cow, the Man With the Thick Moustache, the Cunning Young Man.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2020
“We don’t have to be rough. Cunning is all we need to be.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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