conniving
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SantaCon’s conniving leader gives New Yorkers another reason to hate the yearly bar crawl.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
She may be a conniving opportunist; she may be an abused and desperate woman simply hoping for a better life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
"Marty Supreme," starring Oscars frontrunner Timothee Chalamet as a conniving 1950s table tennis player with big dreams, finished in fifth place at $6.7 million.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
The traitors were completed by chat show host Ross and singer Cat Burns - both of whom seem to have more of the conniving mindset needed for a great traitor.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
Your kindness may be meanness now, and your bleak honesty fretful and conniving.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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