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If O'Neill was slightly more coy, he echoed the general sentiment.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The “Lanterns” showrunner remained coy when asked whether this lantern’s more ominous origins could lead to any unintended consequences for Stewart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

However, the Marvel star kept coy about where exactly he and Zendaya would be staying with her relatives: “Where we’ll be is a secret.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

With Chair Kevin Warsh playing coy, it’s mostly about jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Davos had come too far with Stannis to play coy now.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It is essentially a small cyclopedia Of ready rules and references packed full from coyer to cover of condensed, meaty information and precepts on almost every leading subject connected with country life.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee

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

Ellen DeGeneres made the rounds of the hipper talk shows last week in what appeared to be the coyest exercise in trial ballooning since Colin Powell's book tour.

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

To him, language is fundamentally the language of love: man wooing meaning, down to the coyest nuance, the most maidenly scruple.

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

I'm hot on the trail of a fullback that will make Ted Coy at his coyest look like the paralyzed inmate of an old man's home.

From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice