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Casting Michael Gandolfini as Fisk’s youthful lickspittle of a right-hand, Daniel Blake, further augments the heavy’s shadiness.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

And Mozgala portrays John as someone who is slippery, coy and clever, with a shadiness beneath.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022

On the surface, he’s rapping about the usual fodder — backstabbing friends, material excess and industry shadiness — but given all that Conway has endured personally, it plays like a testament to perseverance.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2020

After talking to Rick Ross, executive director of Cult Education Institute, I chose not to try to warn my Facebook geller friend about NUL’s alleged shadiness.

From The Guardian • May 1, 2019

"I understand perfectly to what I owe the pleasure of a stroll with you this morning, and your casual insistence on the shadiness of Carewe Street!"

From The Two Vanrevels by Tarkington, Booth




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