skillful
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How did a recherché, quasi-French dish leave the skillful hands of Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved cooks and wind up being popular grub for millions of today’s cooks and consumers, white and—emphatically—black?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
In Renaissance England, skillful surgeons and herb-dispensing healers competed with charlatan doctors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
At his best, he is undoubtedly one of England's most skillful seamers but his fitness and reliability remains a concern.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026
But then the latter's skillful knack of snaffling wickets came to the fore as he bagged two of Australia's dogged top order.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
Skipper was a skillful coach, but was rarely present to impart his knowledge.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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