poker face

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Cahillane, a 6-foot-tall marathoner who sports a shock of white hair and a practiced poker face, was a seasoned food executive, fresh off the successful breakup of another food company: Kellogg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"What a rollercoaster. I was awful at lying, I had no poker face and here I am a winner," Carr said.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Then, her room-commanding gaze as politician Shirley Chisholm in “Mrs. America,” followed by her nuanced poker face as therapist Dr. Brooke Taylor on the fourth season of “In Treatment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

BERKELEY, Calif. — Djouvensky Schlenbaker has perfected the poker face.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023

“I have a good poker face, unlike someone else I know,” I say, and nudge him with my shoulder.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon