manipulative
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This is where Evie’s manipulative tactics are most discernible.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
The manipulative Jean, meanwhile, counsels both young women and has cast Mary in the role of her substitute daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Imagine if, in “Evita,” audiences members were invited to sing back up on the balcony as Eva Perón belts out “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” accompanying her in her last manipulative hurrah.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
The aspiring floppy-haired filmmaker could be sensitive but manipulative, loveable yet irritating.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Shouldn’t we applaud any effort, regardless of how minor or manipulative, that makes even one child safer?
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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