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
Baron was known for his skillful driving on the racetrack and his love of cruising steep canyon roads.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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 a nation of noisy confrontationalists—the skillful soft touch replaced by the swing of a folding chair—reason is routinely drowned out by the loudest voices in the room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Hayhanen had been a brave and skillful agent during World War II but had gone soft in the years since.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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