canny

How do they take a cannier approach to prevent Max Verstappen swooping in and stealing the championship from under their nose?

Harry Brook's side battled canny bowling and a tricky pitch to post 153-6 before the weather denied New Zealand the chance to start their chase, resulting in a frustrating start to a low-profile white-ball series.

The mutilation is a canny act of career advancement.

“The Declaration’s Journey” is an ambitious show, and its curators and designers have done a canny, mostly successful job of making its dense history digestible.

With “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Conclave,” Berger showed himself to be a canny crowdpleaser, capable of jumping genres and drawing out fine work from his leads.