cunning
Example Sentences
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“The cunning they used to survive a hustler’s childhood,” Ms. Collinsworth observes, “had become a streak of ruthlessness in their adulthood.”
Japanese beer giant Asahi said Thursday it was not negotiating with the hackers behind a "sophisticated and cunning" ransomware attack that is about to enter its third month.
From Barron's
And does Sunderland's cunning tactic of moving the advertising boards make a difference?
From BBC
Through cunning of the democratic spirit, it’s now impossible to imagine going back to a world where the authority figures do all the talking.
From Los Angeles Times
Black, a journalist and the author of eight books, repeats the all-too-familiar story: a cunning and ruthless North Vietnamese army defeating the blind and brutal Americans and their feckless South Vietnamese allies.
From Washington Post
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