cunning
Example Sentences
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It's not the first time David and Daniel have worked together, as the actor helped launch David's podcast, Cunning Stunts, which features interviews with other stunt doubles, in 2020.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023
“He is in every Brazilian,” said Duke University historian John French, the author of “Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022
Gražinytė-Tyla designed her calendar this season so that it was dominated by “The Cunning Little Vixen” — both in concert, as in Birmingham, and staged, as in Munich.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2022
Cunning Munnings won at this distance here in September for trainer Mark Glatt.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019
Glimmering beneath is the Augur-forged shirt Hel won in the Trial of Cunning.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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