knack
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From a young age, she showed a knack for singing and dancing and envisioned her name on the marquee.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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
Ramaswamy burst onto the national political scene in 2023 as a neophyte with a knack for using social media and podcast appearances to bolster his image.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
But Murakami’s knack for the spectacular also makes him an oddity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
His intellect was a sparse acreage indeed but Pinkie got along by wearing a perpetual smile on his face and having an uncanny knack for repairing the engines of his teachers’ automobiles.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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