devious
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“He was not devious, or especially clever, in any political sense. He didn’t have to be. He just said no.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
What stands out from the Crown narrative is Murrell's persistence, his cynicism and his devious tactics.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
“The Young Pope” paints him to be politically devious and as dangerous as any godless politician, a description more fitting than we’re initially shown.
From Salon • May 10, 2025
But Mollie’s diabetes seemed to have provided an even more devious way to deliver the poison.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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