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guileless

[gahyl-lis] / ˈgaɪl lɪs /


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Few but the utterly guileless will be taken in by this, but the tactics available to Mr. Pineda still have the capacity to create tension, maybe even chills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

As outspoken and sometimes guileless as she is, Madonna tends to choose her words carefully when the cameras are rolling.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

“A party plaintiff’s misguided belief or guileless action in relying on a statement on which no reasonable person would rely is not justifiable reliance,” according to Vondran Legal, which has offices in California and Arizona.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026

You may remember those matches from “Forrest Gump,” but Tom Hanks’ guileless sweetheart would never use the sport to smuggle gold bars out of Hong Kong, as the real Reisman once did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

In all this, his dreamer’s eyes were incongruous: gray and wide and guileless.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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