manipulative
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Also favoring Nick Offerman as ‘Margo’s’ ex-wrestler dad and Daniel Radcliffe as ‘Reggie Dinkins’ ’ manipulative bystander.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
That manipulative trend continued Monday with the Mississippi and North Dakota orders.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
Marns describes Figg as a "manipulative" man who would lie at any opportunity to cover himself.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The surveillance capitalism system requires people to unwittingly participate in a manipulative cycle of group- and self-surveillance.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
If things had been a little different, it might have been some other creature whose intelligence and manipulative ability would have led to comparable accomplishments.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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