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This script justifies that lame happy ending with a clever idea about the radiation sickness that results from suffering a blast of the creature’s atomic breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Dewsbury-Hall, 28, is a clever technician with an eye for a pass and his ability on the ball would likely suit international football.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

In the title of his 1997 bestselling adventure tale, “Into Thin Air,” mountaineer and writer Jon Krakauer employs a double entendre so clever that its effect is extraordinary.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

The former James Bond actor credits screenwriter Jez Butterworth for the "orchestration" of his "clever" plot development.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

I can ask her what she means or come up with some clever response.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

When asked 'are you worried that Chris Sutton is cleverer than you?'

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

But Isla understands, and we understand, that whatever she doesn’t know yet, she’s cleverer than the doubters give her credit for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

"Instead it did something even cleverer — it brought together existing genes, which already do other things in different parts of the plant, to make a complicated spot on the petals that deceives male flies."

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023

One argument against Neanderthal intelligence was the idea that they were capable of scavenging or hunting only large prey like elephants, while cleverer humans adopted a broader diet including fatty-acid-rich fish that promoted brain development.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

“He’s a lot cleverer than we thought,” he observed.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The cleverest among the group, on paper at least, Fry found the heat being turned up on her as the day rolled on.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“By combining the judgment of millions of people,” he writes, “the bond market is the world’s cleverest economist, its best political analyst, its most prescient corporate strategist, and its finest scientist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Elaine said David "was the cleverest, funniest, loving person"

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

A self-described “millennial comedian,” Morrison doesn’t strike me as the cleverest crafter of jokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

The fight infantry were the most active and cleverest men in each regiment.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes