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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

“He is not a boy,” replied Maria shiftily.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.

His little eyes wandered shiftily up and down the street. 

From Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)




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