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crafty

[kraf-tee, krahf-] / ˈkræf ti, ˈkrɑf- /


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The rickety CGI not its strong suit, “Hope” never quite follows through on its crafty first hour of peekaboo velocity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

You can also fill individual piping bags with your favorite sauces and get really crafty.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

If you’re a crafty person, which it sounds like you are, I can understand the temptation to update whatever you want with the intention of changing it back before moving out.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

Mr. Pappalardo has a novelist’s gifts for description and pacing, and his material—greedy entrepreneurs, crafty moonshiners, crooked politicos and jaded cops—is material any writer would welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

She lay beside the sleeping king—I watched wherever she went, a crafty guardian, wealthy in wiles—and her eyes were open, the lashes bright with tears.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

The remaining nominees — knockouts of style and mood — are craftier evocations, digging into spaces where memories are vivid yet elusive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

But the French league will still have Messi, who’s a little slower but a lot more craftier.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022

Nearly a decade older and substantially craftier, Ms. Lash has returned to some of the same thematic territory in her new work, “Desire,” which premieres at the Miller Theater at Columbia University on Wednesday.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

Woods spoke of craftier methods, the way he and Peyton Manning discussed probably around 2012, when the quarterback ailed and said he could do just six pushups, then went and won NFL MVP award.

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2019

I didn’t want to reveal my observations because they might make her craftier, so I said, “I was just wondering.”

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

If that happens, the craftiest otters may be the most prepared.

From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024

She’s the craftiest operator within the Waystar Royco ranks and has survived attempts by others to have her ousted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

Since then, the Packers have rolled off four wins in a row with Rodgers back to his craftiest and most resourceful self.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

The point guard was at his craftiest despite shooting just four free throws, and his confidence clearly rubbed off on the rest of the young Suns.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021

Jade is the craftiest out of all of us, which is why Mr. Chapman called her “the Artist.”

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan




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