shifty
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"Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all, envious" he wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
On the hunt for her next scoop—“the kind of thing people kill for”—she makes an appointment with a shifty potential source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
She has a knack for heightening moments and introducing characters that range from sad, weird loners to shifty and overconfident schemers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
A few paces behind him, Lamar and Sam Houston hung about looking shifty.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Edmonds was a smaller, shiftier back than Conner, and the two provided a good one-two punch.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
Moss’ physical straight-ahead running style is expected to complement starting running back Devin Singletary’s shiftier approach.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2020
Browning isn’t a runner in the Manziel/Watson mode, but he is much shiftier than he appears, and has shown a propensity for extending plays.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2016
If an opponent uses a shiftier player who can put the ball on the floor at power forward, Humphries and Gooden must leave their comfort zones and guard him on the perimeter.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2015
Their shiftier shapes might have held a message that in my new happiness and with a little bit of time I’d soon decipher.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
But those multimillion-dollar views come with a problem no amount of money can fix: The homes are built on some of the shiftiest and most unreliable soil in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
A four-star recruit from nearby Tampa and the shiftiest player on the Gators’ roster, Napier had seen enough of Wilson during fall camp to realize the true freshman could help right away.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
So far, Lee has been Penn State’s shiftiest back.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
The Dodgers and Rays are among the "shiftiest" teams in the majors.
From Fox News ● May 23, 2019
Certainly this Elector was one of the shiftiest of men.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Thomas Carlyle
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