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shiftily



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Stiller, reprising his role as President Trump’s embattled attorney, Michael Cohen, shiftily sidles up to a phone booth and calls Trump, who is sitting in the Oval Office reading Par 4 magazine.

From Washington Post May 6, 2018

“Laggies” is never more fun than when he calls Megan into his office, shiftily cross-examining her.

From Washington Times Oct. 21, 2014

"I think it was The Sun, in England," he ventured shiftily.

From The Guardian Aug. 23, 2010

She looked at me, at once shiftily and sharply.

From Nights in London by Thomas Burke

From it a pair of close-set, shallow brown eyes looked shiftily.

From The Everlasting Whisper by Jackson Gregory




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