pannier

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But that film was a cannier bid for next-level success, offsetting its three-act corniness with emotional stakes that led to a crescendo of its genius headliner’s performance prowess.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

"If Don had been better informed, he might have been cannier about the potential complications that come with coaching an adolescent girl. Clearly, he wasn't a predator," she added.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2022

Governments have become cannier at exploiting the connectivity of the digital era to advance their interests and weaken their enemies.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

But to do this, philanthropists need to be cannier about their analysis and tactics.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2020

He freely consented to settle every penny he had upon his wife, and, as his mother-in-law justly remarked, “Many a cannier man wouldn’t just have done that.”

From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty