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
JG: Yeah, I think this is a sneaky important storyline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Changing the terms of student loans in "complicated, almost sneaky" ways, bit by bit under different government administrations has led to the current situation, he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Then I remember that sneaky little conversation him and Daddy had a few weeks ago.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
One of the sneakier standout back-and-forth games ended in a tie — thanks to La Habra junior DJ Mitchell and Oaks Christian sophomore Treyvone Towns Jr. matching each other blow for blow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
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
“I mean, maybe. That would be sneakier, just in case the FBI found any of the postcards.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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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