adeptly
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Willing was a facilitator and a beneficiary of government favoritism, Mr. Vague acknowledges, but that favoritism, adeptly channeled, allowed a fragile government to attract the support of wary capitalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Murray defused the situation adeptly, declaring: "Playing at a Wimbledon final is tough and I certainly wouldn't want to be Prime Minister, it's a tough job."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Louis-Dreyfus, who won multiple Emmys for portraying the greatest comedic political TV character in history, adeptly integrating the campaign messaging of vice presidential nominee Walz when she questioned the women governors on stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
Both novels adeptly knit together Native mythology and the supernatural to address bigger issues: in “Sisters,” the fate of missing and murdered Indigenous women; in “Indian Burial Ground,” addiction and suicide.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Meanwhile Klenam and I made the fufu, me pounding the steaming plantain and cassava together in the large wooden mortar while she turned and shaped the blended mass adeptly between each stroke of the pestle.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
