knack
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While Patchett has clearly drawn on actual events and individuals to produce this luminous work, she exhibits the expert novelist’s knack for following a plot where the imagination takes it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
A music man in his own right, McCartney’s father exerted a prodigious influence on The Beatles’ knack for ranging far and wide when it came to generic considerations.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
He at turns kept a bear and an alligator as pets, was adamantly anti-religion, and, as he admitted himself, had a knack for putting his foot in his mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
But it isn’t always so seamless for Korda, who has a knack for finding utterly scorching form or going ice cold.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Boseman was not the most intelligent fellow but had a knack for anticipating Ridgeway’s wishes in a manner equal parts indispensable and eerie.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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