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For those who are tired of such narratives, the appeal of the show will be in its interpretive stagecraft, which is impressive and clever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The minutiae are the key to freeing oneself from Mungiu’s clever trap.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
When this happens, space opens up in front of the defence, for late-arriving midfielders or clever strikers that drop back.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Don’t get lured into a clever, obscure get-rich-quick scheme sold to you by a plausible-sounding con artist.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Sometimes she dreamed she would marry a clever and talented merchant with a ship of his own.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
But Isla understands, and we understand, that whatever she doesn’t know yet, she’s cleverer than the doubters give her credit for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
"Is there someone cleverer in Wales?" came the retort.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024
Between the 1920s and World War II, illustrators and designers slashed bands of color across advertisements to tempt consumers with ever faster modes of travel and cleverer machinery.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
"Instead it did something even cleverer — it brought together existing genes, which already do other things in different parts of the plant, to make a complicated spot on the petals that deceives male flies."
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023
“Because I am much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable,” said Dumbledore.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
One night, the five decide to bestow their honorific on Ticky, whom they consider “the cleverest of us all because you can tell the exact time without looking at a clock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A self-described “millennial comedian,” Morrison doesn’t strike me as the cleverest crafter of jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
Charming, brilliant and arrogant in equal measure, he was famously described at school as "the cleverest young man in England".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024
As fantastical as “Doctor Who” can get, the cleverest being in the universe always has an explanation for everything.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
He grins from ear to ear, as if he just said the cleverest thing.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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