skillful
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"The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
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 this roiling atmosphere, skillful politicians such as Lincoln churned turnout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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
It is almost impossible to catch a speedy invisible model automobile even when one is a skillful dentist.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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