sneaky
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They are creative projects with the sneaky ability to hollow you out sometimes, especially when the story requires you to watch someone move through a series of the hardest days of their life.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
A rate-driven selloff can hit both sides of your account at once, which is what makes this one sneaky.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The intro choreography – where Chaewon interrupts her meditation for a sneaky dance – is trending on TikTok.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Experts say a few factors are at play, but there’s one sneaky trend that’s often overlooked: household composition.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
She is sneaky and conniving, and I do not like the way it feels.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
And, even sneakier, he gets the federal government to pay for it all.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
So wash your hands and read on for some of the sneakier places where germs and biofilms — the technical term for slimy layers of bacterial colonies — often lurk.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Those kinds of symptoms may seem well-known, but there are others that are sneakier, that disguise themselves as something else.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2021
The production, directed with shadowy grace by David Cromer, is one of the sneakier Broadway successes this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2019
“No, it has to be something sneakier, and not so bloody.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Freezing small portions of high-impact ingredients is one of the easiest, sneakiest ways for home cooks to borrow a bit of that cheffy magic.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
In Devers, the Red Sox secure one of the game’s sneakiest superstars, a 26-year-old who seemed likely to spark a massive bidding war had he hit free agency next offseason.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
Text messages threatening to delete your Amazon account for “suspicious activity” unless you verify personal information within 48 hours are among this season’s sneakiest online holiday scams, authorities warn.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
This is the sneakiest good record in the league, owed largely to goalie Ville Husso’s .922 save percentage and a much tighter defensive group.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
It was the trickiest, sneakiest, most evil combat style she knew.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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