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But this latest barrage of posts aimed at Europe demonstrates that he has no such canniness when it comes to foreign affairs.

From Slate Jan. 9, 2025

Pierce hopes that “Julia” will have a third season, but he’d rather talk about the canniness of Lancashire’s portrayal of Julia Child.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2023

“I had respect for her smarts or canniness and practicality,” Tillman writes, in an attempt to give her mother her due.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2022

But analysts also say Kainerugaba lacks his father's political canniness.

From Reuters May 19, 2022

The old hound had the canniness of a wolf.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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