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Sasaki and the Dodgers have been coy about the change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The word “DeFiant” was a coy wink to this idea of decentralized currency, known as DeFi, the ostensible rationale for the new Trump–Witkoff platform.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Zendaya addresses those AI-generated pictures depicting her marriage to fiancé Tom Holland while also remaining coy about whether they really tied the knot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

O'Neill has taken interim charge twice this season after the departures of Brendan Rodgers and Wilfried Nancy, but remains coy as to whether Saturday will be his final match in charge.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

“I assumed someone was being coy, keeping you a secret.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Sir: You have so frightened the South African government by your coyer story that they cannot make up their minds whether or not to let us read it.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the prominent members is Yuri Barsakov, whose coyer is the Izvestia News Agency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unlike his coyer colleagues, Wilson was never afraid to turn his searchlight on himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

The storage reservoir, from which it draws Pioneer, Utah. its water, will coyer an area of 2000 acres, and contain about 15,000 million gallons of water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

My tell-tale tongue, in talking over bold, What they in private council did declare, To thee, in plain and public terms unrolled; And so by that made thee more coyer far.

From Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana by Martha Foote Crow

The coyest and most courted region in the 1968 election season is the South.

From Time Magazine Archive

But just as often, he can suggest Louella Parsons at her coyest: "Soon Sinatra will give her a white poodle which she calls 'Maf,' for she is forever teasing Sinatra about his connections."

From Time Magazine Archive

The following year, all the kiddie stars were lisping the lyrics of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and 1952 brought the coyest Christmas hit, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.

From Time Magazine Archive

In exchange, the U.S. was offering only the coyest of hints about possible cutbacks in its own future programs.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The women of Ireland," says an ancient chronicler, "are the coyest, the most coquettish, yet withal the coldest and virtuousest women upon earth."

From Rossmoyne by Unknown