cleverness
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Rangers in that first half lacked movement and cleverness and X-factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
St Mirren character, St Mirren cleverness, St Mirren glory - all there in black and white and in fantastic technicolour too.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
“Influencers,” like its predecessor, was written and directed by the Canadian Kurtis David Harder, whose cleverness is as abundant as the body count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Stoppard’s cleverness, while the source of his fame and prestige, was intimidating to some and off-putting to others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
And the desert, the dry and sun- lashed desert, is a good school in which to observe the cleverness and the infinite variety of techniques of survival under pitiless opposition.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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