cunning
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It's not the first time David and Daniel have worked together, as the actor helped launch David's podcast, Cunning Stunts, which features interviews with other stunt doubles, in 2020.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023
The early bleaching is happening during a year when water temperatures are spiking earlier than normal, said Ross Cunning, a research biologist at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
Cunning clues abound, as in a conductor in the film, Andris Davis, being named after the real-life Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons and the revered late British conductor Colin Davis.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
“He is in every Brazilian,” said Duke University historian John French, the author of “Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022
Glimmering beneath is the Augur-forged shirt Hel won in the Trial of Cunning.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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